- Merch Motel's List of Places to See!
- Merch Motel's List of Places to See!
Alhambra:
Tropic Liquor
Twohey's (Closed & Demolished)
Alhambra Welcome Signs
Diner on Main (Closed)
Bun N Burger
Altadena:
Christmas Tree Lane
Anaheim:
Anaheim Tropic Motel
Robin Hood Motel
Sahara Motel
Americana Motel
Linbrook Bowl
Linbrook Family Billiards
Joe's Italian Ice
Disneyland
Arcadia:
The Derby Restaurant
Denny's Windmill (Originally Van De Kamp's Bakery)
Pepper's Restaurant (Closed)
The Arboretum
Santa Anita Park Race Track
Chase Bank on Huntington Dr. (Originally Home Savings of America Bank)
Atwater:
Baldwin Park:
Bellflower:
Outlet Tile Center
Chris & Pitts BBQ
Beverly Hills:
Beverly Hills Hotel
Union 76 Gas Station
Boyle Heights:
Buena Park:
Knott's Berry Farm
Burbank:
The Starlet Apartments
Fosters Freeze
Safari Inn
Lakeside Car Wash
Fry's Electronics (Closed)
Chili John's
Smoke House
Paty's Diner
Frank's Restaurant (Closed)
Larry's Chili Dog
Tallyrand Restaurant
Commerce:
Steven's Steak House
Covina:
Covina Bowl
Culver City:
Dear John's
Astro Motel
Deano's Motel
Retting Guns
Johnnie's Pastrami
Downey:
Stox Diner
McDonald's (Oldest Location)
Bob's Big Boy Broiler
Randy's Donuts (Not the Original Location)
Chris & Pitts BBQ
The Carpenters Apartment Complex
Frantone's Pizza and Spaghetti Villa
El Monte:
Thrify Ice Cream Plant
Jolly Jug Diner
Eagle Rock:
Casa Bianca Pizza Pie
Colombo's Restaurant
Echo Park:
Encino:
Glendale:
Seeley's Sign
Alex Theatre
Algemac's Coffee Shop Sign on San Fernando Rd.
El Rio Motel Sign
Damon's Restaurant
Glen Capri Motel
Forest Lawn
Glendora:
Hawthorne:
Phil's Bike Shop
Hawthorne Hardware
Highland Park:
Chicken Boy Statue
Highland Park Car Wash
Bob Baker Marionette Theater
Fashion 21 (First Forever 21 - Closed)
Hollywood:
Morgan Camera Shop
Egyptian Theatre
Chinese Theatre
Cinerama Dome
Pig 'n Whistle (Closed)
Musso and Frank Grill
Frolic Room
Pantages Theatre
Arby's Sign
Capitol Records
Hollywood Palladium
El Capitan Theatre
Hollywood Museum (Max Factor)
Mel's Drive In
Chase Bank on Vine St. (Originally Home Savings of America Bank)
Hollywood Premier Motel
Harvard House Motel
Hollywood Downtowner Motel
Hollywood Center Motel
Hollywood Heritage Museum
Forest Lawn
Hollywood Bowl
Lake Hollywood Park
Hollywoodland Realtor
El Coyote Restaurant
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Inglewood:
La Crescenta:
La Puente:
La Verne:
La Vern County Fair Sign
Lakewood:
Me-n-Ed's Pizza Parlor
Lancaster:
Town House Motel
Long Beach:
Retro Row
Lama Liquor
36 36 Club
Benson's Liquor
McCarty's Jewelry
Liquor Locker
Queen Mary
Rancho Los Cerritos
Rancho Los Alamitos
Forest Lawn
Los Angeles:
Felix Chevrolet
Pann’s Diner
Coca-Cola Bottling Plant
Bigfoot Lodge
Vermonica Street Lamps Display
LAX Theme Building (Closed)
Tam O’Shanter Restaurant
Cafe 50s on Santa Monica Blvd
Nuart Theare
Tiki Ti
Idle Hour
Canter’s Deli
Pink’s Hot Dogs
Figueroa Street Tunnels
Langer's
Helms Bakery District
Liquor Deli Mart on Beverly Blvd. (Closed)
New Beverly Cinema
Original Tommy’s on Beverly Blvd.
Pan-Pacific Park
Westlake Theatre
The Apple Pan
The Tamale Building
Astro Family Restaurant on Fletcher Dr
Fosters Freeze on Fletcher Dr
Family Amusement Arcade
Hollywood Historic Hotel
Fox Theatre (in Westwood)
Shatto 39 Lanes
Watts Towers
West Adams Neighborhood (Historic Buildings)
Union Station
El Aguila Bakery
Newland True Value Hardware
Natural History Museum
Glendale-Hyperion Bridge
Shakespeare Bridge
Cesar Chavez Bridge
Los Angeles (Downtown):
Los Angeles Library
Original Los Angeles Times Building
Bradbury Building
Dutch Chocolate Tile Shop
Grand Central Market
St Vincent Court
Theatres on Broadway (Orpheum, Tower, Rialto, Palace, etc)
Eastern Columbia Building
Clifton’s Cafeteria
Velvet Turtle Sign
Los Angeles City Hall
James Oviatt Building
Fire Station No 23
Bob Baker Marionette Theatre Original Location (Closed)
Philippe The Original
Chinatown
Angel’s Flight
The Last Bookstore (Originally a Bank)
Cole's French Dip
Los Angeles (Miracle Mile):
Bullocks Wilshire
The Darkroom (Camera Shop Facade)
Johnie’s Coffee Shop (Closed)
Gaylord Apartments
El Rey Theatre
Wiltern Theatre
LACMA
Petersen Automotive Museum
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (Originally May Co Building)
Los Angeles (Griffith Park):
Griffith Observatory
Griffith Merry Go Round
Old LA Zoo
Travel Town
Walt Disney’s Carolwood Barn
Autry Museum of the American West
Los Angeles Breakfast Club
Los Feliz:
Snow White Cottages
The Dresden Restaurant
Ennis House
Monrovia:
Aztec Hotel
Oak Park Motel
Simon Equipment Rentals
Old Town Monrovia
Montclair:
Bowlium Lanes
Montebello:
Broguiere’s Dairy Farm
Monterey Park:
Venice Room Cocktails (Steakhouse)
North Hollywood:
Circus Liquor
Tiki No
Tonga Hut
Northridge:
Continental Liquor
Cupid’s Hot Dogs
Norwalk:
Torch Room Lounge
Orange:
Back in the Day Classics (Antiques)
Rod’s Plaza Beverages Liquor Store
Old Towne
Pasadena:
Pasadena City Hall
Pie ’n Burger
Oldest Operating In-N-Out Burger
Sandwiches by Connal
The Original Whistle Stop (Model Train Store)
Groovy Liquor Mart Sign (Colorado Blvd)
Fenyes Mansion
Gamble House
Wrigley Mansion
First Trader Joe’s
Adohr Milk Farms Sign
Castle Green
Royal Laundry Building
All Saints Episcopal Church (Gothic Revival Architecture)
Astro Motel / La Casa Inn (Route 66 Motels)
Saga Motor Hotel
Linden Optometry Facade
Rose Bowl
Colorado Street Bridge
Giant Fork in the Road
After Ice Cream (Originally a Gas Station)
Hi-Way Host Motel
Pasada Motel
The Hat
C&H Surplus Sign (Colorado Blvd)
Pasadena Playhouse Sign
Bells and Vaughn Sign
Fedde Furniture Sign
Orange Grove Shopping Center Sign
Cameron’s Seafood (Closed)
Pasadena Museum of History
Norton Simon Museum
Vroman’s Bookstore (Colorado Blvd)
Macy’s on Lake (Originally Bullocks Pasadena)
Jones Coffee Roasters on Raymond
Hotel Livingstone
Pasadena Post Office (Colorado Blvd)
Old Town Pasadena
Pico Rivera:
Del Rae Restaurant
Jim’s Burgers
Pomona:
Castle Building (Originally Magic Towers)
Pomona Fish Market
Mr. Milk Bottle Sign
Frantz Cleaners
Di Carlo Liquor
Top Hat Liquor
Los Angeles County Fair Sign
Rancho Cucamonga:
Sycamore Inn
Victoria Gardens Signs
Redondo Beach:
Tiki Apartments
San Bernardino:
Wigwam Motel
Site of first McDonald’s (Museum)
Queen’s Restaurant Sign
San Gabriel:
Jeff’s Sporting Goods (Originally Goody’s)
Clearman’s North Woods Inn Restaurant
Clearman’s Galley “The Boat”
San Gabriel Mission
San Gabriel Welcome Signs
San Marino:
Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Boranical Gardens
Old Mill Foundation
San Pedro:
Warner Grand Theatre
San Pedro Post Office
Fort MacArthur Museum
Los Angeles Maritime Museum
Santa Fe Springs:
Santa Fe Springs Drive-In Sign
Santa Monica:
Mel’s Drive-In (Originally The Penguin)
Camera Obscura
Rae’s Restaurant
Santa Monica Pier
Cora’s Coffee Shoppe
Sierra Madre:
Sierra Madre Playhouse Theatre
Lucky Baldwins
Sherman Oaks:
South Pasadena:
Fair Oaks Pharmacy and Soda Fountain
Rialto Theatre
The Dinosaur Farm
Lucha's Comfort Footwear
South El Monte:
Starlite Drive In sign
Mike’s Liquor
Studio City:
Studio City Theatre (Now Barnes and Noble)
Chase Bank on Ventura Blvd. (Originally Home Savings of America Bank)
Sun Valley:
Pink Motel
Tarzana:
Corbin Bowl
Universal City:
Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal CityWalk (Vintage Signs on Display by MONA)
Valley Village:
Metropolitan Pit Stop (Astra-Gnome car on display)
USPS Castle
Carter Sexton Artist’s Materials
Van Nuys:
Valley Relics Museum
Hearts Coffee Shop
Hart’s Jewelers and Pawn Shop
Beeps Diner
Venice:
Venice Sign
Venice Canals
West Hollywood:
Astro Burger
Gil Turner’s Liquor
Terner's Liquor (Closed)
Mel’s Drive In (on Sunset)
Rocky and Bullwinkle Statue
Jim Henson Company Lot (Originally Charlie Chaplin Studios)
Formosa Cafe
Rainbow Bar and Grill
Troubadour
Dan Tana's
Whiskey a Go Go
Jones
NORMS Restaurant
Whittier:
Steak Corral
Hammerford Construction
Twin Palms Village
Rocky Cola Cafe
Pio Pico State Historic Park
Groovy Liquor Mart Sign
Jack’s Restaurant
Whittier Ice Cream Co Building
Old Town Whittier
Wilmington:
Drum Barracks Civil War Museum
The Banning Museum
Winnetka:
Winnetka Bowl (Originally Canoga Park Bowl)
Woodland Hills:
Little Orchids Restaurant Sign
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