Overview of Santa Monica

Santa Monica was originally developed as a seaside retreat at the turn of the 20th century. The railroad owners built the first version of the amusement park on Santa Monica pier as an attraction to fill empty train seats on weekends. Read More »

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Overview of Santa Monica is based on Santa Monica by Robert, Ryan Holliday, Texugo, Globe-trotter, Jjtx, Kyebosh, Paramountjets, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.