LAist: Every City Has Its Mysteries

Marshall

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:30:18 -0800

Lovely story.

betheboy

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:09:27 -0800

Fantastic find, thanks for finding and sharing this.

Jacy Young

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:48:33 -0800

Some of them are more obvious too; like Echo Mountain House and the old zoo. Even though they aren't actually hidden, it can be pretty exciting to go discover those places for yourself.

Bradywestwater

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:45:12 -0800

Thre is so much hidden away throughout the Santa Monica Mountains. The old Huntington Harford estate, the old Nazi ruins in the Palisades, another old Hollywood Hills foundation I have yet to be able to locate, the REAL Malibu Castle, an ancient graveyard in Santa Monica Canyon, the hidden bunkers in Laural Canyon, old Nike missle sites, a secret valley with an entire compound of 1920's structures - complete with a home with pre-Nazi swastikas, a concrete lined lake and an old gas pump plus many other places you would never suspect could still exist.

Cord

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:46:59 -0800

This is really interesting. No one ever expects these kind of things from LA. In fact I'm a little bit suspicious. For all I know this could have been set up by Governor Arnold's office. http://satiricalmilk.blogspot.com/

icmags

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:23:57 -0800

The world is full of these hidden secret places that make you feel like you've found your own Secret Garden. In College I found a stairwell with letters of love, loss, friendship and hope written on the concrete walls in pencil and pen. It's these places that the past catches up with us and sometimes it's ok to leave a piece of your present for the future to find. Beautiful.

niki1221

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:53:57 -0800

This is a great story and I love your pictures! In PDX there were all these crazy drawings on the pilings of a bridges off ramp that got torn down and rebuilt. I have pics of them and thankfully they can still be seen in Gus Van Sant's "Drugstore Cowboy". It's a shame they're gone though. It's exciting to find little gems like this, isn't it?

dziga

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:40:43 -0800

Thanks for this post. This is great stuff.

wilberfan

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:25:18 -0800

Someone get Huell Howser on the line--stat! (Great story--nice job!)

jrb

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:05:58 -0800

But, but, but, I thought L.A. is vacant, superficial, and has no history!

Hindinwood

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:03:26 -0800

More of this please!

ezfinn

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:18:51 -0800

This is why I love LA.