Santa Monica Pier
Santa Monica
Storied Santa Monica Pier, a landmark for over 100 years, is the official end of Highway 66 at the foot of posh Santa Monica. The pier - dual piers really - is home...
- Water sport & adventure
- Walking
- Fun & games
- Cultural & Historical
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Will Rogers State Park Beach
Pacific Palisades
Will Rogers - sometimes known as Ginger Rogers Beach - has been LA's unofficial gay beach since the 1960s. About 15 miles from West Hollywood, the stretch for fun in...
- Public beach
- Food & drink
- Fun & games
- Water fun
West Street Beach
Laguna Beach
If you've seen the MTV reality show about Laguna, you haven't seen West Street Beach, which draws a gay crowd all the way from West Hollywood. On the south end of...
- Public beach
- Fun & games
West Hollywood
West Hollywood covers only 1.9 square miles (c. 5 km2) but into that real estate is packed perhaps the greatest concentration of gay hotels, nightspots, shopping,...
- Neighborhood
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Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood
Launched in 1960, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a collection of more than 2,500 pink terrazzo and brass stars, stretches along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and...
- Cultural & Historical
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Aquarium of the Pacific
Long Beach
The largest aquarium south of Monterey, the Aquarium of the Pacific has over 11,000 living creatures, 19 major habitats and 32 focus exhibits. Its colony of...
- Museum
- Eco Tourism
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Beverly Boulevard
West Hollywood
The stretch of Beverly Boulevard that runs through West Hollywood and Beverly Hills near Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a shopping street par excellence with posh...
- Shopping Street
- Food & drink
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Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood
The Hollywood Bowl, set in a natural amphitheater, is the largest outdoor amphitheater in the US where some of the world's biggest stars - including Judy Garland,...
- Performing arts
- Cultural & Historical
- Architecture
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Calle Olvera
Downtown
Calle Olvera or Olvera Street is a block-long Mexican marketplace, created in 1930 to preserve the early heritage of the city. Known as "the birthplace of Los...
- Shopping Street
- Performing arts
- Food & drink
- Cultural & Historical
Hollywood Sign
Los Feliz
The landmark Hollywood sign with its 45-foot-tall (14 m) capital letters is Los Angeles's most famous cultural icon, but it was constructed in 1923 to advertise a...
- Cultural & Historical
Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Venice
Abbot Kinney, named for the man who built Venice's canals, is a one-mile stretch of eclectic shops, art galleries, wine stores, restaurants and nightlife. On the...
- Shopping Street
- Fun & games
- Food & drink
Beverly Center
West Hollywood
Beverly Center is an eight-story shopping fortress housing more than 100 boutiques, department stores and fashion names like Prada, Saint Laurent and Gucci. The...
- Commercial Center
- Food & drink
Hermosa Beach Strand
Hermosa Beach
Beach volley ball reigns along The Strand or boardwalk at Hermosa Beach. Beautiful bodies are also roller blading, skateboarding, surfing, paddle boarding and sun...
- Public beach
- Food & drink
- Outdoor Adventure
- Bicycle
- Water sport & adventure
Hollywood & Vine
Hollywood
The intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street became one of the most famous intersections in the world during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Hedda Hopper and...
- Cultural & Historical
Rodeo Drive
Beverly Hills
Rodeo Drive is the gold standard of shopping, three blocks of the crème de la crème in international luxury brands surrounded by a "Golden Triangle" district of...
- Shopping Street
- Food & drink
Disneyland
Anaheim
You may have visited Disney theme parks in Paris, Florida, Japan or Hong Kong, but there's nothing like the mother ship, the only park that Walt personally designed...
- Amusement Park
- Cultural & Historical
Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal City
The first tour of Universal Studios in 1915 cost five cents and included a box lunch. The tour today takes you behind the scenes of movie-making but also includes a...
- Amusement Park
- Food & drink
- Fun & games
Griffith Observatory
Mount Hollywood
Griffith Observatory on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood is a gateway to the stars, offering telescopes, live shows and exhibitions as well as great views...
- Other
La Brea Tar Pits & Museum
Museum Row
La Brea Pits - the graveyard of prehistoric saber-tooth cats and dire wolves - is the world's only active, urban Ice Age excavation site and is located right in the...
- Cultural & Historical
- Museum
- Natural Attraction
Channel Islands National Park
The Channel Islands National Park includes five of the eight Channel Islands off the Southern Californian with visitor centers on the mainland at Ventura and Santa...
- Eco Tourism
- Outdoor Adventure
- Natural Attraction
Black Cat Tavern
Silver Lake
New Year's 1967 - two years before Stonewall, LGBTQ - the Black Cat Tavern on the Sunset Strip was the scene of police brutality against the LGBTQ community, which...
- Cultural & Historical
Andrew Christian Factory Store
Glendale
The Andrew Christian Factory Store has 50 per cent off merchandise plus sales. For a better selection - and higher prices - there's the Andrew Christian flagship...
- Store
Downtown Art Walk
Historic Cores Gallery Row
The Downtown Art Walk is a free, self-guided walking tour on the second Thursday of each month, noon to 10 pm. What began as an art celebration has blossomed into a...
- Walking
- Art
Hollyhock House
Los Feliz
Frank Lloyd Wright designed Hollyhock House around 1920 for an oil heiress, who intended it to be part of an art and theater complex but became discouraged at...
- Architecture
- Museum
- Cultural & Historical
Santa Monica Steps
Santa Monica
Not for the faint of heart, the two flights of stairs on a steep vertical between Pacific Palisades and Santa Monica Canyon are crowded with fitness buffs doing a...
- Sports
Angeles National Forest
Arcadia
Nearly 175 years old, Angeles National Forest was the first national forest in California and the second in the nation. About 13 miles (21 km) northeast of downtown...
- Hiking
- Eco Tourism
- Walking
- Sports
- Outdoor Adventure
- Park
- Natural Attraction
- Mountain biking
Billionaires' Beach
Malibu
Carbon Beach is the official name of Billionaires' Beach, the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) crescent in front of the homes of some 70 rich-and-famous like David Geffen, Rob...
- Public beach
- Walking
California African American Museum
Exhibition Park
Newly affiliated with the Smithsonian Museum, the California African American Museum exhibits African art, 19th century academic and naturalistic landscape, modern...
- Art
- Museum
- Cultural & Historical
Craft & Folk Art Museum
Museum Row
The Craft & Folk Art Museum opened on Museum Row in 1965 as the commercial gallery The Egg and The Eye, owned in part by artist Edith R. Wyle, whose grandson is...
- Museum
- Art
Echo Park Lake
East Los Angeles
Echo Park Lake offers fishing, pedal boats, picnic areas , indoor swimming pool and walking paths and is particularly lovely June through September when lotus...
- Water sport & adventure
- Walking
- Park
- Cultural & Historical
