STORRIER STEARNS JAPANESE GARDEN: A HIDDEN GEM IN THE HEART OF PASADENA
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This once private 2-acre hidden gem is the only intact example of a major Japanese-style garden created before World War II for a residence in Southern California.
Read MoreFORESTIERE UNDERGROUND GARDENS: FRESNO’S COOL UNDERGROUND RETREAT
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In the early 1900s, a Sicilian immigrant, citrus grower, and visionary turned a vast underground network of rooms, tunnels, and courtyards into a subterranean escape from the sweltering Central Valley summer heat.
Read MoreNITT WITT RIDGE: CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL COAST FOLK ART CASTLE
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In San Luis Obispo’s North Coast, reclusive artist Arthur “Art” Harold Beal spent 50 years creating his folk art “castle on the hill.”
Read MoreTREEHOUSE LIVING IN BEND, OREGON
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Fall asleep to the sound of a river’s flow and wake up to a rooster’s crow at this one-of-a-kind treehouse in Bend, Oregon.
Read MorePOLY CANYON ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN VILLAGE: SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA
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The 9-acre Experimental Structures Facility hidden in the hills behind California Polytechnic State University is an architectural treasure trove containing a quirky array of experimental structures built by teams of architecture and design students between 1963 and 2009.
Read MoreFROM HUGHES TO HERCULES
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In the 1940’s Howard Hughes bought 380 acres of the Ballona wetlands to build a private airport which included the massive wooden hangar where the reclusive business tycoon built his Spruce Goose (aka the H-4 Hercules).
Read MoreRIP 6TH STREET BRIDGE
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The city bids farewell to an iconic L.A. landmark by throwing it one last party before demolition begins in January and its flowy $428-million replacement is completed in 2019.
Read MoreTILIKUM CROSSING
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Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People is the newest span to cross the Willamette River in Portland, OR
Read MoreWAYFARERS CHAPEL
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Located on a knoll overlooking the ocean at Portuguese Bend, the “Glass Church” was designed by Lloyd Wright, architect and son of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Read MoreSEA RANCH CHAPEL
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Designed in 1984 by James T. Hubbell, a San Diego-based architect known for his focus on blending art & architecture into the natural spaces, this non-denominational chapel sits on a tree-studded meadow off Highway 1, overlooking the Sonoma Coast.
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