Editing Long Beach, California (section)

===Sites of interest===
[[File:RMS Queen Mary at Long Beach.jpg|thumb|right|RMS ''Queen Mary'' in Long Beach Harbor]]

The {{RMS|Queen Mary}} is a 1936 [[Art Deco]] ocean liner permanently docked at Long Beach.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smillie |first1=Liam |title=Glasgow 850: 6 of the most famous ships built on the River Clyde and their place in history |url=https://www.glasgowworld.com/retro/glasgow-850-6-of-the-best-most-historically-influential-ships-built-on-the-river-clyde-4938862 |website=Glasgow World |access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref> It was purchased by the city in 1967 for conversion to a hotel and maritime museum.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Alicia |date=2023-10-05 |title=Long Beach drops out of bankruptcy case against former Queen Mary operator |url=https://lbpost.com/news/queen-mary-bankruptcy-long-beach-drops-out/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Long Beach Post News |language=en-US}}</ref>

The nonprofit [[Aquarium of the Pacific]] is on a {{convert|5|acre|m2|adj=on}} site on Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach, across the water from the [[Long Beach Convention Center]], Shoreline Village, and the Queen Mary Hotel and Attraction.

[[File:Belmont Fishing Pier (191455031).jpeg|thumb|[[Bluff Park]], and the [[Shoreline Pedestrian Bikepath]] and [[Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier]]]]
[[Lions Lighthouse]] is a decorative lighthouse built by the [[Lions Club]] to advertise their services for the blind. It is popular for scenic viewing.<ref name="Burch">{{cite news |last1=Burch |first1=Wendy |title=Fireworks return to Long Beach waterfront after COVID-19 hiatus |url=https://ktla.com/morning-news/fireworks-return-to-long-beach-waterfront-after-covid-19-hiatus/ |access-date=August 11, 2021 |work=KTLA |date=June 27, 2021}}</ref>

[[File:The Big Figs (133107707).jpeg|thumb|[[Rancho Los Alamitos]]]]
[[Rancho Los Alamitos]] is a {{convert|7.5|acre|m2|adj=on}} historical site owned by the City of Long Beach and is near the Long Beach campus of the California State University system. The site includes five agricultural buildings, including a working blacksmith's shop, {{convert|4|acre|m2}} of gardens, and an [[adobe]] ranch house dating from around 1800. The Rancho is within a [[gated community]]; visitors must pass through security gates to get to it.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/rancho-los-alamitos/ | title=Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Site | access-date=June 3, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904094158/http://longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/rancho-los-alamitos/ | archive-date=September 4, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Rancho Los Cerritos]] is a {{convert|4.7|acre|m2|adj=on}} historical site owned by Long Beach in the [[Bixby Knolls, Long Beach, California|Bixby Knolls]] area near the Virginia Country Club. The [[Los Cerritos Ranch House|adobe buildings]] date from the 1880s. The site also includes a California history research library.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/rancho-los-cerritos/ | title=Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site | access-date=June 3, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904094158/http://longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/rancho-los-cerritos/ | archive-date=September 4, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Belmont Heights Long Beach California.jpg|thumb|The [[Belmont Heights, Long Beach, California|Belmont Heights]] neighborhood]]

[[Bembridge House]], a Queen Anne [[Victorian house]], is open for tours. Long Beach is also home to the [[Skinny House (Long Beach)|Skinny House]].<ref name="A">{{cite web |url=http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2812727-skinny_house_los_angeles-i |title=Yahoo Travel Guide |publisher=Travel.yahoo.com |access-date=July 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718094325/http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2812727-skinny_house_los_angeles-i |archive-date=July 18, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-oct-29-me-63028-story.html | date=October 29, 2001 | access-date=July 2, 2010 | first=Daren | last=Briscoe | work=Los Angeles Times | title=The Skinny on Thin House | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105065444/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/oct/29/local/me-63028 | archive-date=January 5, 2011 | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Japanese garden moon bridge.jpg|thumb|[[Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden]]]]
The [[Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden]] is on the campus of [[California State University, Long Beach]].

Long Beach offers singing [[gondola|gondolier]] trips through the canals of [[Naples, Long Beach, California|Naples]].<ref>Roraback, K. (October 18, 1986) ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' ''[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58061441.html?dids=58061441:58061441&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+18%2C+1986&author=DICK+RORABACK&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Gondola+Getaway+Is+Romantic%2C+Authentic-and+Freeway+Close&pqatl=google Gondola Getaway Is Romantic, Authentic—and Freeway Close] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107080647/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58061441.html?dids=58061441:58061441&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+18%2C+1986&author=DICK+RORABACK&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Gondola+Getaway+Is+Romantic%2C+Authentic-and+Freeway+Close&pqatl=google |date=November 7, 2012 }}'' Section: VW-View-LS-Life & Style; Page 1.</ref><ref>Segura, Joe. (January 28, 2006) [[Long Beach Press-Telegram]] ''[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10F7CF95C4139440&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Gondolas get away to downtown L.B.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809033928/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10F7CF95C4139440&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=August 9, 2011 }}'' Section: Beachweek; Page 5.</ref>