Eagle Rock – Los Angeles Explorers Guild

The Eagle Rock

Anyone driving along the 134 through the city of Eagle Rock has seen this huge, rounded boulder looming above the northern edge of the freeway.

Birth of the Cheeseburger

This is where the Cheeseburger was born — Los Angeles Explorers Guild

Back in 1924 teenage cook Lionel Sternberger accidentally created the culinary staple we know today as the Cheeseburger at a roadside restaurant called the Rite Spot on Colorado Boulevard.