esotouric
We're not your ordinary Los Angeles tour company---we're storytellers who become part of history, by fighting to preserve places that matter and help people who fall through the cracks. Our tours veer off into fascinating, neglected neighborhoods. Our expert guides are passionate, brainy and hilarious. Our tour themes are provocative and complex, but never dry, mixing crime and social history, architecture and book lore, fine art and urban studies into a simmering stew of original research and startling observations. When you join us for an Esotouric tour, you're guaranteed an intelligent, unpredictable adventure into the secret heart of the city we love. These tours are recommended for natives, tourists and anyone who likes to dig a little deeper and discover the world beyond the everyday. Pick a tour and see for yourself.
Coming soon: Hollywood in Miniature on view at Hollywood Heritage's Preservation Resource Center
In the Stanley Burke's / Corky's Googie coffee shop (Armét & Davis, 1958) that's now a Chick-fil-A
Esotouric's Anne Friedberg Award acceptance remarks NoirCon 2025
Parrot Madness in San Marino
The Secret Demolition Permits of Curren Price's CD9
Last Visit to 1833 N. Wilton Before Demolition and the Relics Left in the Dust
R.I.P. Stires Staircase Bungalow Court, now just weeds and trash on Sunset Boulevard
Can 532 North Oxford be saved?
Visiting Hollywood Forever's Gower Mausoleum
The 84 RSO Hollywood Apartments in Curren Price's Corruption Case Got Cleaned Up
Save Arthur B. Benton's rediscovered Beaulyland and take a Charles Bukowski walking tour preview
"Preserve Things—Even If You Have to Be a Pest!" (Rancho Los Amigos tree visit 2 of 3, 10/1/2025)
Watering the 1888 Moreton Bay Fig tree at Rancho Los Amigos (first of three visits August 20, 2025)
Beaulyland radio spot (Morning Edition/ LAist) - endangered, newly discovered Arthur B. Benton house
DA Alleges "No" Vote Not to Landmark 84 Hollywood Apartments in Curren Price Corruption Case
Los Angeles City Council meeting - August 29 2018
Before the August 28, 2025 Bench Trial, Hear the Owners of Marilyn Monroe's House speak
Save the Bronson Corner Bungalows and Grauman's Forecourt Footprint Inspired Love Note
Before he goes to court tomorrow, see Curren Price's empty Hollywood apartments for yourself...
The Preservation Imp in a Route 66 Centennial Wish Comes True at the Aztec Hotel
The Blackburn/Laramee/Sukeena House Is Moving to Altadena!
Rumors are Flying about The Original Pantry Cafe (1924-2025-?)
Restoration begins at the empty 2040 Rodney apartments
Jean Bruce Poole at El Pueblo Historical Monument interviewed by Richard Schave
The Creepy Stairs Got a HiFi Hillside Wildlife Makeover
Beware the Affordable Housing Shell Game