It's safe to say the guides from the Esotouric bus and walking adventures are obsessed with the past, offering their insights into the once-grand, frequently shadowy and even gruesome stories that shiny tourist brochures and star maps tend to omit. Among their favorite subjects are Black Dahlia conspiracies, Skid Row bars, Reyner Banham and Raymond Chandler, the patron saint of all things hard-boiled... More >>>