O.C. History Roundup

Today's images come from the Knott's Berry Farm Collection at the Orange County Archives , and show the first Knott's Hallowe...

Halloween didn't get rolling as a holiday in America until the 1840s, when waves of Irish immigrants came to this country. Even as late ...

Today's "then and now" photos, from 1961 (above) and 2010 (below) come from Ken Stack of OutsideTheBerm . They show the site...

I've received a lot of responses about my " Spies In Centennial Park " post from last week. I've learned a lot since then...

Here's a interesting object in Bowers Museum 's current " Weird & Wonderful " exhibit. It's a breadfruit pounder ...

Doug M. recently wrote with an interesting query: "I have often wondered what the government installation was at the southwest corner...

Architect Richard Neutra (1892-1970) is among the best known and most influential American architects of the mid-twentieth century. The Or...

Earlier in 2010 we learned that the Claim Jumper restaurant chain filed for bankruptcy and would change ownership. The ensuing news cover...