From a Sunday Globe article on municipally funded ballparks, I wandered to Google Earth to view some on the parks mentioned in the article, then to the Los Angles area, where I happened to turn on the Google Earth Community function.

I had no idea how many cool things were placemarked: Homes of the rich and famous, movie locations, the Whiskey and Roxy on Sunset Strip, the Playboy Mansion, album cover scenes and even the spot where Hugh Grant picked up a prostitute.

I was also fascinated to find the Beverly Hillbillies' house which, being next door to Ronald Regan's home, begs the question, who were the real Mr.and Mrs. Drysdale?

((Unfortunately, I cant seem to get the Google Earth placemark links to work. But enter "Chanruss Pl, Beverly Hills, CA 90210" into the search bar, check the Google Earth Community boxes and zoom back a bit.))