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In Search of... the UFO Abduction Mushrooms of South Los Angeles. Plus: walking tours coming soon!
In our latest post hidden from the rest of the internet, join us at a secret location in South L.A.'s Plains of Id, where giant psychedelic fungi glow…
Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles
Jun 9, 2022
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Exploring the 1904 Leland Hotel, Skid Row's ghost building that's coming back from the dead
We braved the rats and spiders to sleuth out 118 years of Los Angeles history and lived to tell the tale!
Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles
Mar 29, 2022
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Exploring the 1904 Leland Hotel, Skid Row's ghost building that's coming back from the dead
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Illegal Airbnb listing of a rent controlled unit in Charles Bukowski's East Hollywood bungalow court exposes Pillow & Coffee, a short term…
This investigation is published on the 29th anniversary of Charles Bukowski's death. In 2007, while writing our tour of Bukowski's Los Angeles, we…
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Illegal Airbnb listing of a rent controlled unit in Charles Bukowski's East Hollywood bungalow court exposes Pillow & Coffee, a short term rental empire destroying Los Angeles
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If a 1950s air raid siren falls in South Los Angeles, will anybody come and get it?
Watch now (14 min) | Obsolete infrastructure can be beautiful in its decay, but not when it fails, spilling potentially deadly hunks of steel onto…
Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles
May 5, 2022
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If a 1950s air raid siren falls in South Los Angeles, will anybody come and get it?
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For Marty & Elayne, with love and rage
Like Taix, the Dresden Room is a coral reef, filled with little darting creatures of the night, all sharing the gentle currents of a space made of music…
Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles
Jan 22, 2022
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For Marty & Elayne, with love and rage
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The Eagle Tree has fallen
Watch now (1 min) | a landmark of old California no longer stands tall
Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles
Apr 9, 2022
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The Eagle Tree has fallen
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Can this lovely 100-year-old bungalow court near Paramount Studios be saved?
Gentle reader, Steps away from the west wall of Paramount Studios in Hollywood, a lovely bungalow court sits vacant and lonely behind its picket fence…
Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles
Dec 28, 2022
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Can this lovely 100-year-old bungalow court near Paramount Studios be saved?
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The Hotel Cecil is a crime scene, but not the way you think it is.
Two days ago, the Netflix documentary series that we filmed a year ago this week debuted, and today
Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles
Feb 13, 2021
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The Hotel Cecil is a crime scene, but not the way you think it is.
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East LA's Unique Theatre - 4/19/2022: Landmarked at noon and on fire at midnight
Watch now (2 min) | Gentle reader, As if this week hadn’t been enough of a preservation roller coaster—and as more comes out, the Hotel Cecil…
Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles
Apr 20, 2022
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East LA's Unique Theatre - 4/19/2022: Landmarked at noon and on fire at midnight
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The Cranky Preservationist in Hotel Cecil Whitewash Blues
Watch now (13 min) | Architectural historian Nathan Marsak loves Los Angeles, and hates to see important buildings neglected and abused, whether by…
Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles
Apr 19, 2022
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The Cranky Preservationist in Hotel Cecil Whitewash Blues
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Exploring St. Luke Hospital, abandoned art deco jewel of Northeast Pasadena
For our latest post that’s hidden from the rest of the internet, we want to take you on a rare tour inside Pasadena’s St. Luke Hospital, an…
Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles
Aug 5, 2022
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The Ghost of Harry Bergman's Roadside Museum on Highway 371
Gentle reader, Greetings from your friendly historic Los Angeles sightseeing tour company, now offering digital programming until we can again organize…
Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles
Feb 28, 2022
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The Ghost of Harry Bergman's Roadside Museum on Highway 371
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