Cascades
If you drive north on I5 out of the San Fernando Valley, you can’t miss the Cascades. Completed on Nov 5, 1913, it is the point where the LA Aqueduct symbolically enters the city to bring drinking water to the community.
More info & imagesIf you drive north on I5 out of the San Fernando Valley, you can’t miss the Cascades. Completed on Nov 5, 1913, it is the point where the LA Aqueduct symbolically enters the city to bring drinking water to the community.
More info & imagesFort Rosecrans National Cemetery is a federal military cemetery on the grounds of former Army coastal artillery station Fort Rosecrans. There are over 100,000 graves, many dating back to the early California Republic.
More info & imagesMission San Juan Capistrano, the Jewel of the Missions, was founded by Junipero Serra in November, 1776, as the 7th of 21 Spanish missions established in California. Its Great Stone Church was destroyed by an 1812 earthquake.
More info & imagesWhen the historic beachfront Hotel del Coronado opened in 1888 just across the San Diego Bay from San Diego, the 399-room resort hotel was the largest in the world. It is the second largest wooden structure in the US.
More info & imagesGlenwood Cottage, built in 1876 by Christopher Miller, was developed into the Mission Inn in Riverside, starting in 1882, by Miller’s son, Frank. It is generally considered the largest Mission Revival Style building in the US.
More info & imagesModjeska House, also known as Arden, was the home of Mme. Helena Modjeska. It was designed and built by architect Stanford White in Modjeska Canyon in 1888. It is a California Historical Landmark and National Historic Landmark.
More info & imagesIn 1841, Don Jose Serrano created his Rancho Canada de los Alisos in the area of El Toro, now Lake Forest. In 1863 the Serrano Family built an adobe on the ranch which remains on its original site in the Heritage Hill Historical Park.
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