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Mapping Scientology’s impressive LA real estate empire

Here are 16 prized buildings.

Mapping LA’s Red Car system in its 1920s heyday

So many stops.

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Mapped: 51 projects taking over Koreatown

To illustrate the neighborhood's development boom, we've mapped all the projects now in the works.

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The ‘Insecure’ filming locations map

The hit comedy—which returns this weekend for Season 3—captures what it’s really like to live in Los Angeles.

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38 remarkable places to encounter public art in Los Angeles

From Santa Monica to the Valley, we’ve picked 39 of our favorite pieces—some well-known and some under the radar.

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LA’s strange and wonderful lost amusement parks

Once upon a time, Los Angeles was home to dozens of freewheeling amusement parks, including an alligator farm.

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Mapped: The big development projects headed to South LA

For the first time in decades, major development projects are underway in South Los Angeles.

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The remnants of LA’s 1984 Olympics

From the Coliseum to Dodger Stadium.

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25 secret gardens hidden around LA

From small rooftop parks to large open spaces crisscrossed by trails.

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The 20 most iconic buildings in Los Angeles, mapped

From the Walt Disney Concert Hall to the Watts Towers, these are the buildings that give you that "back-home" feeling when you return from vacation.

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LA’s jaw-dropping wedding venues

From breathtaking public parks to Lloyd Wright’s all-glass chapel, these are 25 of the most stunning places to tie the knot.

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The famous authors map of Los Angeles

The favorite LA haunts of literary legends like Joan Didion and Charles Bukowski.

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The historic, stately homes of West Adams Boulevard

Take a walking tour, using this map as your guide.

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The best furniture and antique stores in LA, mapped

Consider this your definitive guide to shopping for home decor and furnishings. We've mapped 26 of the best stores to fit every style and budget, from Highland Park-based vintage store Sunbeam to luxury French retailer L'Éclaireu's WeHo outpost.

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Martin Luther King Jr. left his mark on Los Angeles

Here are some of the places the civil rights legend visited around LA.

New state map tells you if you live in an earthquake fault zone

It’s better to know now, before the shaking starts.

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The East LA blowouts of 1968, mapped

Over a period of two weeks, thousands of Mexican-American students protested their unequal education—we’ve mapped the most pivotal locations.

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The Central Avenue jazz clubs that made LA swing

From the 1920s to 1950s, "the Avenue," as it was lovingly called, was the hub of the West Coast jazz scene.

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Mapped: The future sites of LA's 2028 Olympic games

Ten years from now, the Olympics will return to Los Angeles for the first time since 1984.

This map shows how transit density bill would impact LA neighborhoods

The bill would make it easier to build housing near transit stops.

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For Mexicans, celebrations are a journey across the Southland 

Every large Mexican immigrant community has its own circuit of venues for life’s big events. This is Jerez’s.

Which LA neighborhoods are homebuyers flocking to?

Sales are picking up in Marina del Rey; in Westwood and Century City, not so much.

Here’s how much it costs to rent all across LA

Rents are highest in Santa Monica, but prices vary wildly neighborhood to neighborhood.

This map shows evacuation zones, areas burned in Skirball Fire

Approximately 46,000 residents east of the 405 freeway were forced to evacuate.

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The off-the-record, very hush-hush filming locations for ‘L.A. Confidential’

The 1997 classic exposes rot beneath LA’s glamour.

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Southern California’s experimental communes, mapped

From Silver Lake to Santa Barbara, zealots and hippies high on religion, LSD, and idealism withdrew from mainstream society to build their own utopias.

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The ultimate ‘Terminator 2’ filming locations map, baby

Come with us if you want a guide to the movie that turned LA into a hellish inferno, with scenes filmed in such iconic spots as the Sixth Street Bridge.

Mapped: Where condo prices are rising and falling around LA

Median sale prices are up in Mid-Wilshire and Pacific Palisades, but down in Silver Lake and Echo Park.

This vintage map of the Valley romanticizes its early mission days

A local bank made the map, showcasing, among other events, the discovery of gold in nearby Placerita Canyon—before Sutter’s Mill.

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The weird roadside architecture of Los Angeles

Thank car culture for these buildings shaped like giant donuts, tamales, and sail boats.

Mapped: Where LA home prices are on the way up—and down

Home prices are skyrocketing in Playa del Rey, but in other communities, including Culver City, prices have dropped since last year.

Mapped: LA's most popular neighborhoods for homebuyers

Home prices around the city are reaching record levels, but some neighborhoods are hotter—or colder—than others.

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The best places to stay on a road trip from Los Angeles

From San Diego to the Central Coast, these are our favorite hotels, motels, and B&Bs.

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Updated: 25 places in LA where ‘Twin Peaks’ was filmed

David Lynch, a longtime Los Angeles resident, set his provocative TV show in the Pacific Northwest, but filmed many of the scenes right here in Los Angeles.

New map shows where LA would put marijuana dispensaries

Californians voted to legalize pot. Here's where all of the dispensaries might open.

LA’s city controller has put together an interactive map of marijuana dispensaries

You can check to see if criminal charges have been filed against a vendor—and whether they are paying their taxes.

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Mapping LA’s most expensive rentals up for grabs

This list includes the 19-bedroom mansion where sleazy film producer Jack Woltz awoke with a horse’s head in his bed in The Godfather.

Report: Home prices are surging in LA’s priciest neighborhoods

Sale prices are also up in North Inglewood and Boyle Heights.

LA’s most and least expensive rental neighborhoods, mapped

How much you pay for a two-bedroom in Los Angeles will depend on which ‘hood you settle down in.