The devastating wildfires in California have claimed two significant pieces of California’s cultural heritage: Actor Will Rogers’ historic ranch house and the Topanga Ranch Motel, built by William Randolph Hearst.

Among thousands of reports of property damage and loss in the blazing California wildfires, two historic sites suffered significant losses.

Learn about the destruction caused by the wind-driven Palisades Fire in California State Parks. Cultural landmarks and structures lost.

As a massive wildfire continues raging in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, thousands of structures, including historic ones, have already been destroyed. State officials

Raging wildfires that continue to burn a path of destruction through Southern California claimed the Will Rogers ranch along with a number of other local landmarks in what is already the most damaging fire in Los Angeles history.

The wildfires sweeping through Pacific Palisades, California, have devastated the Will Rogers Historic Stable. Built in the 1920s by Hollywood cowboy Will Rogers, the stable was an iconic part of Will Rogers State Historic Park.

The parks are home to iconic historical homes, including Will Rogers’ ranch house and the Topanga Ranch Motel, once owned by William Randolph Hearst.

Devastating wildfires continue to burn across Southern California, killing at least five and forcing hundreds of thousands out of their homes.