nickcarr
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Scouting The Tower of Terror in Los Angeles
Last week, I was scouting the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles when I suddenly got the strangest feeling… As I was taking pictures of the lobby, with its gorgeous Moorish Revival vaulted ceiling, a thought hit me without warning: I’ve been here before. Except I hadn’t. This was my first visit to the…
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Philip Marlowe’s Los Angeles: Tracking Down The Real 1930s Locations of Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep
Your name’s Marlowe. You’re a private detective. The year is 1939, the city is Los Angeles, and you’re about to embark on one of the most famous murder mysteries in history: The Big Sleep. The best part of your hard-boiled adventures? The Los Angeles locations you refer to are all real. Oh, sure, you use…
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These Two Desert Best Friends Would Love To Find A Home
OK folks, I know this is a hell of a long shot, but here goes… I’d like to introduce you to two inseparable pals: this is Rusty and Max… …and this is their home: Over the past two months, I’ve been scouting out in the desert about an hour and change from Los Angeles, and…
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Where Planes Go To Die: A One Way Trip To The Mojave Boneyard
When you first see it in the distance, you wouldn’t think it anything other than a typical airfield. A fleet of planes, all carefully aligned with noses pointing west… Ready to take off into the desert sunset at a moment’s notice. But walking amongst the planes up close, it doesn’t take long before you start…