Arlington Branch Library and Fire Hall in the Arlington suburb of Riverside, designed by the locally prominent architect, Seeley L. Pillar, in the Classical Revival style, has served its community continuously since opening in June 1909.
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If you have driven north on I-405 through Irvine during the day, you probably noticed Moon Valley Nurseries Garden Center. It’s hard to miss with elephants and giraffes and dinosaurs lurking in their 30+ acres of siding on the freeway.
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A two-acre stretch of trees surrounded by a chain-link fence along Santa Ana Street in downtown Anaheim is the last working orange grove in a city that was a major hub for processing fruit from citrus trees across Orange County.
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Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in La Jolla is one of the most unique veterans memorials in the US. Eleven curved walls contain over 5000 granite plaques with images honoring veterans from the revolutionary war to the present.
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The idea of the Armenian Genocide Martyrs Memorial in the center of Bicknell Park in Montebello originated with the 50th anniversary march of solidarity and remembrance through the streets of Los Angeles in April 1965.
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The Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier is an icon of UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla. The modern pier, one of the world’s largest research piers, was built in 1988, replacing the first pier built in 1916.
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This nondescript building in Fontana was the 1st and only federal facility in the US for the study of breeding and raising rabbits. Under Dr. Geo Templeton, the operation nearly doubled litter production to a peak of over 4,000 rabbits.
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