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Jackie Hernandez's Haunted Bungalow
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The bungalow is behind the main house, which sits on the south side of W 11th. It is the bungalow on the right as you look from the street (there are two bungalows behind the main house).
Jackie Hernandez moved into this bungalow in the 1980's, and by the late 1980's, fantastic paranormal activity, some of which could be classified as psycho-kinetic, was occurring there. This activity was so fantastic, it was fit for a movie, and many people believe the tales are in fact too fantastic to believe.
The most famous story regarding the bungalow took place in 1989 when a team of investigators went into the bungalow, and cameraman Jeff Wheatcraft was supposedly strangled by a loop of rope in the attic. How the rope managed to get itself over Wheatcraft's head, nobody knows.
Jackie Hernandez does not live there anymore, but supposedly, the bungalow is still haunted.

Carnival Cruise Ship 'Ecstacy'
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'Channel Heights Public Housing' by Richard Neutra
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1941-42
This is the location of the buildings which were demolished

'Wise House' by Richard Neutra
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Vincent Thomas Bridge
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Completed in 1963, "San Pedro's Golden Gate" was the first bridge of its kind to be constructed on pilings. Construction required 92,000 tons of Portland cement, 13,000 tons of lightweight concrete, 14,100 tons of steel and 1,270 tons of suspension cable. It is designed to withstand winds of 90 miles per hour, double that required by code. The overall length of the bridge is 6,050 feet, with a main suspension span of 1,500 feet and 500-foot spans on either side. The towers are 365 feet high. Named for one of San Pedro's "own," an orphan from the streets and wharves who went on to become a State Assemblyman, it was The Hon. Vincent Thomas who cut the ribbon at the dedication ceremony.

Port of Los Angeles
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Busiest shipping port in the United States. Second largest breakwater created harbor in the world.

Fort MacArthur - Battery No. 127
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Two 16" guns were emplaced in Battery #127 (later named Battery Paul D. Bunker), a massive concrete casemate battery built at White Point during World War II. The 16" guns could deliver a 2400 pound shell 26 miles out to sea, past Catalina Island. A similar emplacement, Battery #128, was built at Bolsa Chica near Huntington Beach, but it was not armed.

Beach City Grill
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An eclectic and well-liked San Pedro eating establishment.
It was the primary "Santa Cruz" filming location for the 2007 film "Ten Inch Hero" -- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829297/

USS Iowa (BB-61)
USS Iowa (BB-61) was the lead ship of her class of battleship and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 29th state. Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and was the only ship of her class to have served in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.

Sunken City
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In 1929, a landslide in San Pedro, California, caused a neighborhood of exclusive homes to tumble into the ocean. At its peak, the land movement was measured at an astounding 11 inches a day. During the slide, part of the adjoining Point Fermin Park also fell into the ocean.
Today, the area is called "Sunken City" by locals, and consists of the broken foundations of houses, abandoned streetcar tracks, buckled sidewalks, and empty streets.
The area is now a popular hiking spot.

LA-43L Nike Missile site
The facility is located directly below Battery No. 127. The Admin area was built in 1963.
The HIPAR power room with its commanding view of the Los Angeles Harbor at the IFC site, has been converted for use by the Marine Exchange. The generator and the operations control buildings are being utilized by the Angels Gate Cultural Center as artist studios. The various tower pads are in a state of general disrepair, but all are present except the HIPAR tower. The launch area at White Point is currently abandoned and sealed shut, the buildings remain but have been heavily vandalized. The administrative area was destroyed some years ago and the area developed for USAF housing.

Cabrillo Marine Aquarium by Frank Gehry

Former Air Defense radar site RP-39 / J31
Was part of Fort MacArthur. Now an FAA site.

Blink Blink
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The Farley and Osgood gun batteries at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, CA. The guns located here during WWII could launch a shell over 14 miles away!

Royal Caribbean cruise ship
It has the Royal Caribbean logo on the stack but doesn't match up to the images of any of their ships.

Angel's Gate Lighthouse
The Los Angeles Harbor lighthouse, also known as the "Angel's Gate" light, welcomes ships into the harbor of the City of Angels, Los Angeles. Don't let the name confuse you, Los Angeles Harbor is nowhere near downtown Los Angeles, but is located in San Pedro several miles south of L.A.. The lighthouse, completed in 1913 at a cost of just under $36,000, was built around twelve steel columns and sits at the end of the 9,250-foot San Pedro breakwater. The bottom of the lighthouse is multi-sided, while the top three stories are cylindrical. The twelve columns now covered with black pilasters, give the lighthouse a Romanesque feel. No other lighthouse was ever built to this design. The tower had room for three keepers, while their families were housed on shore.

Point Fermin Lighthouse
Built in 1874 with lumber from California redwoods and a Fresnel Lens brought around Cape Horn by sailing ships. For its time, this Victorian lighthouse was a palatial structure, crowned with a cupola fitted with a 2,100-candlepower light. Miss Mary L. Smith, the first, lighthouse keeper, lived with her sister, but they gave up the lonely occupation because there were no other settlers nearer than Wilmington. In the 1880's, when Captain George Shaw was keeper, the lighthouse was the scene of many parties.
In 1898, a petroleum vapor incandescent lamp was installed; then, in 1925, a new 6,600 candlepower electric light which projected a beam 22 miles out to sea. Because it did not have a fog-signalling apparatus, it was a one-keeper station until 1941 when all coastal lights were extinguished as protection against enemy attacks. The lens lantern and gallery were replaced by an ugly lookout shack which remained for the next thirty years.
After the war, the light remained off, and radar and direction finders took over sentry and signaling duties. The structure fell into disuse and disrepair until a new lantern and gallery were built by volunteers, restoring it to its original charm just in time for a centennial celebration in 1974. Today, Point Fermin Lighthouse is one of San Pedro's most recognized landmarks and was used for the San Pedro Centennial logo. As the residence of the park superintendent, it is not open to the public.

San Pedro Peninsula Hospital
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Warner Grand Theater
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This theatre has for over fifteen years been a favorite filming location, seen in numerous TV series from "7th Heaven", "Melrose Place" and "Party of Five" to major features including "Worth Winning", "What's Love Got To Do With It", (as the Apollo), "Pearl Harbor", "Seabiscuit" and most recently, as a southern West Virginia Bijou in "Win A Date With Tad Hamilton".

Fireboat #2
The dramatic, award-winning building of Fire Station #112 was designed to shelter this national historic landmark while allowing for viewing by visitors. Commissioned in 1925, this classic fireboat is still a vital part of the L.A. Fire Department's fleet. The boat is 99 feet long with a 19 foot beam; its six four-stage pumps produce 10,200 gallons of water per minute. Exhibits on the history of L.A. fireboats, and Fireboat #2 in particular, explain the construction and varied uses of this most unusual vessel.

'Mojo' by Christian Moeller
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American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial
The American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial, located in San Pedro, California, was commissioned to honor merchant marine veterans from all wars. It consists of a black wall, similar to the Vietnam Memorial, listing the names of merchant seaman lost at sea during time of war, and a bronze statue.
The statue, depicting one merchant seaman helping another climb a Jacob's ladder during a rescue at sea, was designed by Jasper D'Ambrosi of Wilmington, California. On 1 August 1986, very soon after his original design was accepted and before he started the final model, D'Ambrosi died. His two sons, Marc and Michael D'Ambrosi, created the enlargement which was cast at the family foundry, Arizona Bronze, in 1987 as a tribute to their father.
A bronze plaque on the memorial states, "The United States Merchant Marine has faithfully served our country in times of war and peace hauling cargo to every corner of the world. This Memorial is dedicated to those brave men and women of all races, creeds and colors who answered that call to serve."

Monument to Multiculturalism by Francesco Perilli
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A replica is found in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina; Nereto, Italy; Changchun, China; and Toronto, Canada and in East London, SA.
Another replica was donated by the sister city of Ischia, Italy to San Pedro, LA in 2008.

Angels Gate Cultural Center
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Dredeging LA Harbor

'Norman Clinic' by Richard Neutra
1946

'Angels Beacon' by John Okulick
1994

'Rigger' by William Wareham
1981

USS Iowa (BB-61)
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New Google Earth Imagery - December 6, 2013

'Multi-Helix Tower' by Dennis Oppenheim

Gaffey Street Diner
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The Gaffey Street Diner is a rarity in this area: an honest to goodness diner, open for breakfast and lunch only. And when it is open, it pumps out amazing food. Located just off the exit for the Terminal Island Bridge (one of the few "real" bridges in Southern California) and a stone's throw from the Cruise Ship Terminal, it's a great place to prepare for a long day of sailing or walking the Harbor and nearby Ports O'Call.

On the USS Iowa (BB-61)
USS Iowa (BB-61) is the lead ship of her class of battleship.
USS Iowa (BB-61)
Laid down: June 27, 1940
Launched: August 27, 1942
Commissioned: February 22, 1943
Decommissioned: March 24, 1949
Recommissioned: August 25, 1951
Decommissioned: February 24, 1958
Recommissioned: April 28, 1984
Decommissioned: October 26, 1990
Struck: March 17, 2006

Fishing Industry Memorial
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Giant floating "Rubber Duck" by Florentijn Hofman
Several of these large rubber ducks by the Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman have been placed on temporary display in harbors around the world.
This one in the Port of Los Angeles was part of the Festival of Tall Ships in the summer of 2014 and was on display from Aug. 20 through Aug. 24.

Cabrillo Marina
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Blue Room Bar ("Dexter")
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In real life, it was Godmother's Saloon

Ani gets on boat to Venezuela ("True Detective")

Stephen M. White (January 19, 1853 – February 21, 1901)
Born in San Francisco, Stephen White attended Santa Clara College and read law in the office of Charles Bruce Younger Sr. in Santa Cruz, California and was admitted to the bar in 1874. He came to Los Angeles to practice and served as the Los Angeles County District Attorney from 1882 to 1884. Before becoming district attorney in 1882, White was a charter member of the first Los Angeles County Bar Association. He was also a member of the California State Senate from 1887 to 1891, where he served as president pro tempore both sessions, as Acting Lieutenant Governor (1888), and later represented California for one term in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1899.
He undertook and won the Free Harbor Fight, a seven-year struggle to secure a deep-water harbor at San Pedro–forerunner to today’s Port of Los Angeles. He is also remembered as a criminal defense attorney. When he died in 1901 he was acclaimed in San Francisco and Los Angeles as the state’s “most brilliant genius,” as “perhaps the most eminent of the State’s native sons.”

Ani puts Laura on a bus ("True Detective")

Cargo Containers ("Dexter")
Dexter's sister has been kidnapped by the Ice Truck Killer, and the killer has left enough clues behind. Dexter concludes that his sister will be found in the same cargo container where he was found at a murder site as a young child.

Northwest Harbor ("Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.")
At the start of Episode 19, a man is walking along a fishing boat harbor at night. That man turns out to be Marcus Daniels, AKA "Blackout".
This marina also played the role of a Jacksonville dock in 1x04 of "The Good Place"

Brouwerj West ("Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.")
The warehouse used by Centipede to create super soldiers

Fort MacArthur Museum
Built in 1916, Fort MacArthur protected the Port of Los Angeles. The museum itself is in what was Battery Osgood-Farley.

Giant Rooster
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'McCafferty Studio house' by Coy Howard

Frank finds Stan's body ("True Detective")
Frank gets news that his henchman is dead. He and his men go to a factory and find Frank's body lying in an oil pit. In real life, this was Al Larson's Boat Shop.

Little Chino's Barrio party ("Dexter")
An after-dark house party is underway. Dexter has staked out the house, waiting in the alley across the street for gang killer Little Chino to walk into his trap.

Freebo's House ("Dexter")

Cabrillo Beach ("Dexter")

The Skinner's Warehouse ("Dexter")

Cabrillo Beach Pier ("Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.")
Roz and Coulson meet to see if they can work together here in Season 3

Cuban Market ("Dexter")
In 5x11, Dexter and Lumen still trying to figure out what to do about Jordan Chase, take a break and visit a colorful Hispanic marketplace.

Gordon rescues Raina ("Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.")

Lumen's Warehouse ("Dexter")
Dexter has rescued Lumen Pierce, a victim of Boyd Fowler, and she is determined to get revenge against the men who abused her. While Dexter is stalking a killer at a beach restroom, he gets a panicky phone call from Lumen, saying she's at a warehouse and has shot one of her attackers.

Housing Project murder site ("Dexter")

Jonah's hardware store ("Dexter")
Dexter drives to Nebraska with his imaginary dead brother, Brian, and comes to this hardware store to confront Jonah Mitchell, the son of the Trinity Killer.

Railroad Car ("Dexter")
The police, who are hunting for the Bay Harbor Butcher, get a call from an ex-con named John Henry, saying he has just escaped from the Butcher. When they get there, the man says that the Butcher knocked him out, and when he woke up, he was tied up in a train car.

Deb chases down a tagger ("Dexter")
Deb and Angel are knocking on doors at a housing project, trying to find witnesses to a gang murder, when Deb spots a teenage boy spray painting graffiti on their police car. Outraged, she calls out, he runs, and she chases after him.

Zack's House ("Dexter")
Angel and Quinn go to the home of Zack Adelman, a past associate of Freebo, who they hope can give them a clue about where to find Freebo.

Apartment Shootout ("Dexter")
This is the apartment of Nikki Wald, the distaff half of a criminal couple who have been robbing and killing tourists.

Paul's funeral church ("Dexter")

STEAM Carnival Los Angeles (Oct 25, 2014)
A traveling event that inspires Inventors through Science, Technology, and Art.

Javier's Motel ("Dexter")

Fitz and Hunter escape in an RV ("Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.")

Saxon steals a car ("Dexter")
In 8x12, Saxon is on the run and is bleeding from a shoulder wound he acquired during a shootout with Debra. Here, he is walking through the parking lot of a market, his arm dripping blood.