We rode the Red Line Metro line from North Hollywood to the light blue Exposition Park Metro and got off at USC/Expo stop to see the IMAX film on the Hubble telescope and to view the Endeavor Space Shuttle. The shuttle flew 25 missions and spent 296 days in space. The IMAX film will leave you feeling awed and inspired to help human beings. The Endeavor is well maintained and surrounded by multiple other exhibits that are wonderfully entertaining for school aged children. Well worth the visit.
Built in the 1940s and commissioned in 1942, the Iowa served in WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and the Gulf War. She was mothballed and renovated several times, and was one of the most powerful battleships.
Santa Susana Depot (1903) was originally located on Los Angeles Avenue at Tapo Street, but was moved to its current location in 1975 after being purchased by the County of Ventura for $1.06. The Depot sits on the edge of The Metrolink's railsystem, which still speeds by daily.
In 1937, Ray "Crash" Corrigan bought this 2,000 acres ranch and over time, it became known as Corriganville Movie Ranch. Thousands of western movies and television shows were filmed here, including Tarzan, the African Queen, and The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Vic is standing above what served as a lake for many of these movies. The squares below him were underwater windows where cinematographers could film underwater scenes. As we enteredbthe park, we could see dozens of movie sets behind fenced gates.
Lambasted for his Watergate scandal, Former President Richard Nixon is also remembered for normalizing relations with China and the former Soviet Union in 1972, establishing the EPA in 1970, the 1969 Apollo XI moon landing, desegregation of schools in seven Southern states, and helping the Native Americans establish a policy of self-determination. The library is filled with interesting historical memorabilia, including Nixon's original birthplace home in Yorba Linda.
