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If you’re visiting Epcot at Walt Disney World this summer, keep the kids away from any stray animals you might find.…

On July 12th, a member from a popular boating message board posted a photo of some boats he didn’t recognize near…

This year’s monster El Niño is truly a monster—it’s been blamed for killing coral reefs. Add another die-off to the…

Orange County’s Seal Beach is a popular spot for swimmers and surfers, so its lifeguards figured they’d use a camera…

Had one of Tomorrowland's flying saucers gone missing? When the Anaheim Convention Center's arena opened in the…

How could the Angels call any place but Los Angeles their home? After all, the club's name directly referred to…

Rising conspicuously above the red-tile roofs and big-box stores of suburban Tustin, California, these two massive…

Orange County, California, hardly lives up to its name¹ anymore. A few relict orchards may survive, but today the…

Walt Disney didn't set out to revolutionize urban design when he created Disneyland—that's what his Experimental…

Can you blame the U.S. Geological Survey for having a bit of fun when when it mapped Disneyland?

Google Maps is great for transit directions, but what if you want a gods-eye view of a city's public transportation…

Beneath all its nostalgia and fantasy, Disneyland is a space that carefully orchestrates the visitor's visual…

The Southland's freeways hardly inspire optimism anymore. Glance at the shoulder of a slow-moving freeway and among…

When it was planted in 1896, this Canary Island date palm counted the orange trees of an Anaheim citrus grove as its…

Los Angeles County commissioned this 1888 map for a mundane reason—to record property holdings—but the result was an…

A new report from Smart Growth America suggests that the Southland isn't as sprawling as old clichés might suggest.

Though he's thought of as a Bay Area writer, Philip K. Dick spent 10 happy and productive — and sometimes difficult…

The Orange County District Attorney has charged 18-year-old student Omar Khan with 69 felony counts—including…