Things to do in Los Angeles
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Griffith Observatory
The Griffith Observatory has been a major Los Angeles landmark since 1935. It was visited by nearly two million people each year and ranked as one of the top tourist attractions of Southern California. It sits on the southern slope of Mount Hollywood where it commands a stunning view of the Los Angeles basin below. Tens of millions of people enjoyed the view from its balconies and terraces, especially at night. Call 323-664-1191 for more information.
2800 East Observatory Road, Los Angeles, CA
Historic Echo Park
Echo Park is one of the oldest neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Located about two miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Echo Park is an incredibly diverse and culturally rich neighborhood that is more than a century old. Neighborhood landmarks include its namesake Echo Park Lake, Angelus Temple, Elysian Park and Victorian-era Angelino Heights. Call 323-860-8874 for more information.
P.O. Box 261022, Los Angeles, CA
La Brea Tar Pits
The Page Museum is located at the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in the heart of Los Angeles. Rancho La Brea is one of the world's most famous fossil localities, recognized for having the largest and most diverse assemblage of extinct Ice Age plants and animals in the world. Visitors can learn about Los Angeles as it was between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age, when animals such as saber-toothed cats and mammoths roamed the Los Angeles Basin. Through windows at the Page Museum Laboratory, visitors can watch bones being cleaned and repaired. Outside the Museum, in Hancock Park, life-size replicas of several extinct mammals are featured. Call 323-934-7243 for more information.
5801 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Explore more than 100,000 works of art at LACMA, the largest encyclopedic museum west of Chicago. Through its far-reaching collections, the museum is both a resource to and a reflection of the many cultural communities and heritages in Southern California. Call 323-857-6000 for more information.
5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Zoo
he Los Angeles Zoo is located in the heart of the nation's second-largest city. Each year 1.4 million visitors pass through the gates to view a collection of more than 1,200 animals from around the world. Call 323-644-4200 for more information.
5333 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Tolerance
The Museum of Tolerance is the only facility of its kind in the world. A trend-setting pioneer, the Museum of Tolerance's original exhibits and programs are being emulated in institutions throughout the United States and around the world in Northern Ireland, South Africa, Israel, Mexico, Chile, Canada, The Netherlands and France. Soaring above the national average for museums of our size, in our busy season the Museum provides 35 guided tours per day! Call 310-553-8403 for more information.
9786 West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Pio Pico State Historic Park
P�o Pico, the last governor of Mexican California before the American takeover in 1846, built an adobe home on what is now a state park. Pico was one of California's most remarkable historical figures. He witnessed and helped shape nearly a century of California history. His ancestry includes a mixture of ethnicities, including Spanish, African, Indian, and Italian. The park site was once the headquarters of Pico's ranch.
Rodeo Drive
Beverly Hills popular Rodeo Drive could easily be considered a city. Known as one of the world's more admired destinations, the name conjures up images of money, movies, moguls and mega-shopping. Rodeo Drive has gained a reputation throughout the world for its boutiques and couture shops where an appointment and $1500 charge to your credit card may buy you a private dressing room complete with Martini Bar.
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Warner Bros. Studio Tour & Museum
This two-hour tour is one of the best studio tours in Hollywood. The groups are small (12 people at a time), and you are taken past working sets. Visitors ride through the backlots on a small tram-like vehicle. You are allowed to get off and peek at the sets. You are also taken to the 'front lot' where current TV shows such as 'Gilmore Girls' and 'Joey' are filmed. If you are lucky, you will see some actors rehearsing their lines. At the end, visitors get to see the Warner Bros. Museum, which houses memorabilia from the studio's 70 year history. Call 818-972-8687 for more information.
3400 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA 91505
Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic Park
The Watts Towers are a complex set of 17 separate sculptural pieces built on a residential lot in the community of Watts. Two of the towers rise to a height of nearly 100 feet. The sculptures are constructed from steel pipes and rods, wrapped with wire mesh, coated with mortar, and embedded with pieces of porcelain, tile and glass. Using simple hand tools and cast off materials (broken glass, sea shells, generic pottery and ceramic tile) Italian immigrant, Simon Rodia spent 30 years (1921 to 1955) building a tribute to his adopted country and a monument to the spirit of individuals who make their dreams tangible.
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