by Kim Cooper | Feb 21, 2022 | The Esotouric Blog
Welcome to our historic preservation advocacy page for Old Trapper’s Lodge, which was first published on February 21, 2022, two months before Pierce College allowed a crew associated with Valley Relics Museum to remove the Boot Hill Cemetery sculptures. If...
by Kim Cooper | Jul 10, 2018 | The Esotouric Blog
[To access the basement / speakeasy level, click the blue dot at the top of the stairs through the arch at the left of the check in desk, or just click here.] Welcome to the ninth in a series of 3-D explorable tours of off-the-beaten-path Los Angeles spaces, created...
by Kim Cooper | Jun 7, 2017 | The Esotouric Blog
In these trying hours, it’s helpful to remember that there once was a time when American politics was not the focus of every waking thought, and to console ourselves that one day it will once again be the boring sport of wonks. To that end, we bring you this Map of...
by Kim Cooper | Mar 17, 2016 | The Esotouric Blog
When our friend Susan Phillips–the graffiti scholar who recently took us to the Confluence of the Los Angeles River and Arroyo Seco to see century-old hobo inscriptions–told us about a riverside tunnel that had been elaborately carved by one...
by Kim Cooper | Mar 14, 2015 | The Esotouric Blog
High in the Hollywood Hills, the 1927 Spanish castle that top cinematographer Oliver Marsh built was in pretty shabby shape by 1967, when wrestler/actor/carpenter George Ehling picked it up. Instead of restoring, he transformed the place into something brand new. Over...
