Tag: Off the Beaten Path

• Holyland Museum

  

  In the before times (before the pandemic), I found a small museum in the hipster neighborhood of Silver Lake in Los Angeles, California. It has numerous artifacts brought back to the USA by Antonio F. Futterer, whose explorations are believed to be what the movie “Raiders of the Lost Ark” is based on. He was…

  Dart and Map

  May 31, 2023

  Activities near Los Angeles, California, History, Jenn, Los Angeles, Museums, Off the Beaten Path

  A.F. Futterer, Adventure, Arc of the Covenant, California, DartandMap, History, Hollywood History, Los Angeles, Museum, Off the Beaten Path, Religious History, Road Trip, Travel

• 94th Aero Squadron

  

  94th Aero Squadron Restaurant, Van Nuys, California https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF6T5qB69pY   Smaller airports are not often noticed or thought about by the general public since most of us can’t afford charter flights or our own planes. But one small airport in Van Nuys offers a very unique restaurant experience next to the runway. Named after a United…

  Dart and Map

  February 27, 2018

  Airplanes, Airports, California, History, Jenn, Los Angeles, Off the Beaten Path, Restaurants, Travel

  94th Aero Squadron, Airports, Cocktails, Dart and Map, Off the Beaten Path, Planes, Restaurants, Road Trip, Travel, World War I

• Drum Barracks, Civil War Museum in Wilmington, CA

  A few weeks ago, my boyfriend, Brian, and I went to the Chowder Barge in Wilmington, CA. It is a barge that was used as a support vessel (whatever that means) for “Mutiny on the Bounty” that was repurposed to be a restaurant on the water in the Leeward Bay Marina, surrounded by boats. I…

  Dart and Map

  February 20, 2018

  California, History, Jenn, Los Angeles, Museums, Travel

  California, California State Park, Civil War, Clam Chowder, Dart and Map, Drum Barracks, Explore, History, Los Angeles, Museum, Off the Beaten Path, Road Trip, Travel, Vintage, Wilmington

• Grand Central Air Terminal

  

  Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, California I work on the production side of commercials. Sometimes, the shoots are on stages that have been used in famous and beloved television shows and movies, often with commemorative plaques hung on the wall outside the door. Sometimes, the location is a beach, a house, or a museum. Sometimes,…

  Dart and Map

  February 13, 2018

  Airplanes, Airports, California, Glendale, CA, History, Jenn, Los Angeles, Museums

  Airplanes, Airports, California, History, Museum, Oddities, Off the Beaten Path, Things to Do around Los Angeles, Travel