There is no other place in America quite like Alcatraz in San Francisco, California. Not because of its famous inmates — though Al Capone and the Birdman have earned their mythology. It’s because of the sheer density of history compressed onto 22 windswept acres in the middle of San Francisco Bay. This island has been […]
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California, Museums
Tucked behind a public parking structure and a row of office towers just off Wilshire Boulevard, Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park might be the most overlooked cemetery in Los Angeles. In fact, you could walk right past its modest entrance on Glendon Avenue without ever knowing it’s there. Yet within these two and a
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California, Music, Travel
Route 66 turns 100 this year. And while plenty of highways have celebrated a centennial with tasteful ribbon-cutting ceremonies and respectful museum plaques, the Mother Road is doing it differently. It’s doing it with a 30-foot tall astronaut holding a rocket, a smiling blue whale parked next to a pond in Oklahoma, and ten Cadillacs
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California, Hotels, Travel