Los Angeles Places to Go & Things to Do

Downtown Los Angeles

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California Science Center – Downtown Los Angeles

Children’s Museum of Los Angeles – Downtown Los Angeles

Japanese American National Museum – Downtown Los Angeles

Los Angeles Philharmonic – Downtown Los Angeles

Los Angeles Public Library – Downtown Los Angeles

Los Angeles Opera – Downtown Los Angeles

The Museum of Contemporary Art – Downtown Los Angeles .

Natural History Museum – Downtown Los Angeles

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Downtown Los Angeles Visitors Guide – brought to you by the Los Angeles Downtown News

Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour – brought to you by the USC department of Geography

The Fashion District – Downtown Los Angeles

Koreatown Plaza – Koreatown

Los Angeles Flower District – Downtown Los Angeles . – the epicenter of the flower business in the Los Angeles area,

Old Chinatown – Downtown Los Angeles

Olvera Street – Downtown Los Angeles

Watts Towers – Watts

West Los Angeles & Malibu

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Getty Center – Brentwood – the Richard Meier designed buildings and the hilltop views are the main attractions

Getty Villa – Malibu – the re-opened museum that houses the J. Paul Getty Roman and Greek art collections.  Entrance is free, but you do need to make a reservation

Museum of Flying – Santa Monica

The Museum of Television and Radio – Beverly Hills

Museum of Tolerance – Los Angeles (near Beverly Hills)

UCLA Armand Hammer Museum of Art – Westwood

Westwood Village Memorial Park – Westwood – final resting place of Marilyn Monroe and many other Hollywood celebrities

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3rd Street Promenade – Santa Monica

Century City Shopping Center – Century City

Hollywood Park – Inglewood – Win, place or show, you bet on the horses here

Leo Carrillio State Park – Malibu

Main Street – Santa Monica

Malibu Creek State Park – Malibu – 4,000 acres of hiking.  M*A*S*H was filmed here

Malibu Lagoon State Park – Malibu

Pacific Park – Santa Monica Pier

Perry’s Beach Cafe & Rentals – Santa Monica – rent a bike or roller blades and cruise down the boardwalk

Point Dume State Park

Rodeo Drive – Beverly Hills

Sony Pictures Studios – Culver City – take a tour, or watch a live taping of Jeopardy and other shows

UCLA Campus – Westwood – To see Royce Hall, the Sculpture Garden or to just grab lunch, any time on the UCLA campus is well spent

Venice Boardwalk – Venice Beach – one of the top draws in L.A. and worth a visit

Will Rogers State Historic Park – Pacific Palisades – great for a day of hiking

Miracle Mile, Hollywood & Adjacent

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Autry Museum of Western Heritage – Griffith Park

Griffith Observatory – Griffith Park

Hollywood Bowl – Hollywood

Korean Cultural Center – Mid-Wilsire

Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Miracle Mile

Los Angeles Zoo – Griffith Park

Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits – Miracle Mile

Peterson Automotive Museum – Miracle Mile

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American Cinematheque Egytian Theater – Hollywood

El Capitan Theatre – Hollywood

Farmer’s Market – 3rd & Fairfax

Hollywood Entertainment District – Hollywood

The Magic Castle – Hollywood – you need to know a member for admittance

Paramount Studios – Hollywood

Silent Movie Theatre – Hollywood – the only silent cinema in the U.S.

Universal Studios – Studio City

East Side & Pasadena

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Architectural Tours – Pasadena – from the Convention & Visitors Bureau website, walk or drive and see some of the 600 buildings in Pasadena listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Homestead Museum – City of Industry

Huntington Library – San Marino

Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden – Arcadia

Norton Simon Museum of Art – Pasadena

Southwest Museum – Mt. Washington

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Citadel Factory Stores – Commerce

Los Angeles Speed Zone – City of Industry

South Bay & Long Beach

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Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific – Long Beach

Fort MacArthur Museum – San Pedro

Los Angeles Maritime Museum - San Pedro

The Queen Mary – Long Beach

Port of L.A. Waterfront Red Car Line – San Pedro – ride in a restored Red Car trolley

Whale Watching Cruises – Long Beach

Other Los Angeles area

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Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace – Yorba Linda

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Disneyland – Anaheim

Knotts Berry Farm – Buena Park

Medieval Times – Buena Park

Raging Waters – San Dimas

SHOPPING

Fashion Island – Newport Beach

Ontario Mills Mall – Ontario

South Coast Plaza – Costa Mesa