Wonderland Accommodations The client rooms at Wonderland are either single or double occupancy with beautiful views. Wonderland is located in the hills of Laurel Canyon, in the city of West Hollywood near Beverly Hills, Studio City, Burbank, Century City and Sherman Oaks. We offer first-class food service and accommodations; secure and gated on a private estate; the Center has two swimming pools and three acres of sitting and walking areas. Wonderland Center has the beauty and comfort of a resort combined with the health services of the finest treatment centers in the nation. Our Center is one of portals to clean and sober living in Southern California.

Wonderland Grounds

Behind the gated entry, Wonderland sits on three acres of rustic canyon. It is unique to find a drug rehab in Los Angeles that offers beauty and convenience. Our Center is close to the major business centers, film and recording studios. This makes the transition out of treatment and back into life easier.

Wonderland Area

Wonderland is located in the historic area of Laurel Canyon near both the Sunset Strip and Ventura Boulevard. Wonderland sits at the very axis of Los Angeles. Our clinical team’s goal is to assist clients into recovery without causing unnecessary damage to career, family or self. Sober Living™ allows for our clients to continue to participate in their families and careers while living in a sober community. Sober Living™ is a valuable program for those who have been to treatment previously or who need transitional sober support in returning to their families and careers.

Laurel Canyon History

The legacy and lore of the Wonderland section of Laurel Canyon is vast and far-reaching. It embraces an attitude of creativity, freedom, energy, innovation and tragedy that has inspired popular culture for over a century. By 1910, Laurel Canyon had a few rustic homes, one hotel and a trackless trolley built to promote vacation lots in Laurel Canyon. The trolley ran along Laurel Canyon’s dirt road and connected Sunset Blvd to the base of what is now Lookout Mountain. There was one small inn called The Laurel Tavern. The tavern provided lunch to prospective real estate customers. For an additional ten cents, the trolley continued up Lookout Mountain, providing a view of Hollywood below. With the rise of the film industry in Hollywood, Laurel Canyon began attracting the stars of the silent screen. Its rustic appeal soon became popular with celebrities of the era: Tom Mix, Errol Flynn, Clara Bow, Harry Houdini, and others. The celebrities built Tudor style mansions along the canyon’s narrow path ways..

Even in those early days, Laurel Canyon seemed to attract free spirits, often defying established conventions. Their personal stories resonate in our lives today. Actor Ramon Navarro who broke the racial barriers of the period by becoming the first Hispanic film star found sanctuary there. Clara Bow, female silent star, left her dysfunctional Brooklyn home to become a Hollywood icon, standing strong and asserting a voice to be reckoned with in the male-dominated Hollywood of the era. Actor Lou Ayers, who after his role in the classic anti war film All Quiet On The Western Front nearly destroyed his career when he became a highly publicized pacifist, also lived in the canyon. Mystic spiritualist magician Harry Houdini topped off the legend of rugged individualism: His wife Bess would use their Laurel Canyon mansion after his death as a base for experiments in spiritualism and séances, attempting to contact the departed showmen who at his death vowed to return. As time passed, more lavish homes were built, and what originally had been vacation homes became primary residences. The bucolic canyon life style continued, but by 1940 the canyon was connected to the valley by an over-the-mountain highway (the101), greatly expanding its accessibility. The canyon still maintained its rustic country life style just above glittering Hollywood.

By the rock and roll 60s and early 70s, Laurel Canyon began attracting hippies and influential artists, and the canyons magical aura and environs inspired musicians of the era. Brilliant songwriter Joni Mitchell composed her classic song Clouds, and eventually dedicating a whole album Ladies of the Canyon based on her experiences in the realm of Laurel Canyon. Graham Nash was inspired to write Our House about his rustic Kirkwood home. His super group Crosby Stills and Nash came together when various members were living in Laurel Canyon. The list goes on and on: John Mayall, Mama Cass Elliot, Arthur Lee and Frank Zappa were all Laurel Canyon alumni in the heart of Laurel Canyon, changing the face and direction of popular culture while hanging out at the country store. In 1981, Wonderland Avenue was the scene of a drug related murder; the suspects porn star John Holmes and notorious drug dealer Eddie Nash influenced the stories for the movies Wonderland and Boogie Nights. If you would like to learn more about the eclectic history of Laurel Canyon, there is a new book by Michael Walker appropriately titled "Laurel Canyon".