The architecture is styled to match the beautiful climate, you'll note, as your bus tour departs from one of our swanky downtown hotels to see the sights. Ah, Los Angeles in the 1940s. more ›

Are you a licker, a muncher, or a dunker? Hey, now: We're talking about how you eat your creme sandwich cookies! Sheesh. On March 6, 1912, the Oreo cookie was first made by the Nabisco company in New York, so today marks the 100th birthday of the famous chocolate sandwich creme cookie. more ›

Did your family ever take you to see The Ice Capades when you were a kid? Well, if you were a kid and/or exhibition skating fan in 1968, this commercial, shot in Los Angeles, may have scared the crap out of you instead of compelled you to take in an ice show. more ›

"This is Hollywood: A place, an industry, a state of mind," begins the narration from this 1946 short film promoting visiting sunny Southern California's movie making and outdoorsy paradise. more ›

Imagine climbing aboard your trusty two-wheeler and traversing the mountains, farmland, and largely-unspoiled landscape of California in 1896. To help "cyclers" do this, mapmaker George Blum made this map of California roads for cyclists, as published today by the Big Map Blog. more ›

What's good to the last drop? How about for your video lunch a look at coffee commercials over the years, from the flustered housewives of the 1960s who need Folgers' instant to perk up their domestic bliss, to Juan Valdez greeting you with his "Buenos dias!" from your cupboard. more ›

Actor John Travolta is wondering where his vintage 1970 Mercedes Benz 280-SL went, after it was reportedly stolen outside a car dealership in Santa Monica yesterday. Travolta says he left his vehicle on a residential street when he went in to the Jaguar dealership for about ten minutes. more ›

Check out the hustle and bustle of L.A.'s "575,000 souls" in the retail district, shopping for curious wares from the Orient, chugging up Bunker Hill on Angels Flight, and riding their horseless carriages through Downtown's tunnels in this film from 1917. more ›

Ah, summer. Santa Monica is packed with locals and tourists, fun and food seekers, fishermen, and families. But the Santa Monica Pier wasn't the main draw a half century ago--it was all about Pacific Ocean Park a few miles down the way, which was built to rival Disneyland, but ultimately fell into disrepair. Your video lunch today is a look back at "POP" through the lens of years gone by, and a few vintage videos. more ›

L.A. is a forward city, except when it comes to fashion. Retracing styles and trends from past eras, fashionistas pull and combine select pieces and make them work. Luckily, our urban sprawl offers some of the finest in flea markets and vintage boutiques. more ›

Take a trip down food memory lane with a bite of some back-in-the-day establishments for today's video lunch. A new compilation of footage by Vintage Los Angeles has just been posted featuring LA restaurant exteriors from the 40s and 50s. more ›

Whether you are shopping for costume-centric holidays like Halloween, gearing up for a themed event, or looking to add a little old-school style to your wardrobe, there's probably no better part of Los Angeles to check out than the section of Magnolia Boulevard in Burbank nicknamed Vintage Row. Also known as Magnolia Park, this is the section of Magnolia from Hollywood Way east to just past Buena Vista, where you'll find all sorts of vintage, re-sale, collectible, and antique shops. more ›

AMC's smash hit drama Mad Men's fourth season is in full swing, and while the show is set in New York, it's filmed out here. You can sometimes spot where the characters are dining, meeting, shopping or imbibing on the show as a familiar location (Cole's, for example). But if you want to live like a real Mad Man or Madame, the Huffington Post has put together a list of 12 places where you can trade today for yesteryear in the comfort of your own city. more ›

Over the past year, friends Katie Stratton and Jayde DiVita had been on a nation-wide search for the best clothing to stock the store they planned to open together. The pair went everywhere: Arizona, Colorado, New York, and North Carolina were just some of the states they traveled to during their hunt. more ›

The Sacred Fools Theatre Company presents Ten Tops! An Eclectic Open Performance Event tonight at 8 pm. Hosted by Pogo Saito and Carla Jo Bailey, 10 performers get seven minutes apiece to do anything they want—from sketch comedy to dramatic readings, playing music to interpretive dance, spoken word poetry to apocryphal mime-ery. Sign up at 7:30 pm. The optional theme is “Be Real Scary.” General admission is $10; Ten Tops Collective members $5, FREE for performers. Tickets only available at the box office. more ›

LAist went shopping at Hotel De Ville Vintage Eyewear to check out their unique frames and vintage deadstock. Even in the current economy, people who need eyeglasses want to find something that they love. Vintage deadstock refers to pieces that have never been worn. This virtually guarantees the customer that they won't be wearing the same frames as everyone else. The sunglasses selection is top notch too. more ›

One of our goals this year is to not be shopping and wrapping presents on Christmas Eve. But that means one has to now start thinking of what to buy and where to shop. So here's one good place to start: the art gallery Ghettogloss has announced the Silver Lake Art Craft & Vintage flea market that begins on November 15 and runs on Saturday and Sundays through December 21. more ›

No, your eyes don't deceive you; that is a train locomotive dangling over a wall! LAist Featured Photos Pool contributor bcmacsac1 shared this vintage photo from early 1948 of this scary accident that almost took out a landmark restaurant. He explains:

The only major accident for the Super Chief was recorded on January 25,1948 when the locomotive #19L, leading the Super Chief loses braking ability while preparing to depart* Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal Crashing through a steel bumper post and then a concrete wall located at the end of the dead end track and ultimately comes to a rest with the front half of the locomotive dangling 20 feet above the street below with no injuries to the people on board. This locomotive almost dropped in for lunch at the famous PHILIPPE'S the ORINGINAL french dip sandwich shop across the street when it was located on Aliso street. Currently located at Alameda and Ord St

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There aren’t many good movies to see this weekend so why not grab a seat at the Nuart tonight and watch the classic World War II film, The Great Escape (1963)? The film is a part of the United Artists’ 90th Anniversary celebration series, starring Steve McQueen and shown on a new 35mm print. more ›