Sights & Attractions in Los Angeles

Worth Noting

Name	Category	Location

Adamson House and Malibu Lagoon Museum With spectacular views of Surfrider Beach and lush garden grounds...	Museums / Galleries	Malibu

Angels Flight Railway The turn-of-the-20th-century funicular, dubbed "the shortest...	Transportation Sites	Downtown Los Angeles

Annenberg Community Beach House This beachfront property was originally developed in the 1920s...	Zoos / Aquariums	Santa Monica

Architecture and Design Museum (A+D) Unique buildings are what make Los Angeles a captivating city...	Museums / Galleries	Beverly Hills and the Westside

Arclight/Cinerama Dome Film buffs and preservationists breathed a sigh of relief when...	Arts / Performance Venues	Hollywood


Avila Adobe This residence was built as an 18-room home in 1818; today only...	Houses / Mansions	Downtown Los Angeles

Barnsdall Park/Hollyhock House The panoramic view of Hollywood alone is worth a trip to this...	Houses / Mansions	Hollywood

Bergamot Station Named after a stop on the Red Trolley line that once shuttled...	Museums / Galleries	Santa Monica

Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows The iconic "Pink Palace" has been steeped in Hollywood lore since...	Hotels	Beverly Hills and the Westside

Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons Hotel Anchoring the south end of Rodeo Drive at Wilshire Boulevard...	Hotels	Beverly Hills and the Westside

Bradbury Building Stunning wrought-iron railing, blond-wood and brick interior...	Architectural Sites	Downtown Los Angeles

Bunker Hill Steps Threading a peaceful path through Downtown's urban towers, a...	Squares	Downtown Los Angeles

California African American Museum Works by 20th-century African-American artists and contemporary...	Museums / Galleries	Downtown Los Angeles

California Heritage Museum The real star of this collection is the 1894 Victorian house...	Museums / Galleries	Santa Monica

California Science Center You're bound to see excited kids running up to the dozens of...	Museums / Galleries	Downtown Los Angeles

Capitol Records Tower According to legend, singer Nat King Cole and songwriter Johnny...	Architectural Sites	Hollywood

Carroll Avenue Looking like a street lifted out of another era, the 1300 block...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Downtown Los Angeles

Castle Green One block south of Colorado Boulevard stands the onetime social...	Hotels	Pasadena and Environs

Century City A sprawling 280 acres of office buildings, a shopping center...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Beverly Hills and the Westside

Chateau Marmont If we had a dollar for every time a celebrity interview was conducted...	Hotels	Beverly Hills and the Westside

Chemosphere House Shaped like a flying saucer from a 1960s film, the Chemosphere...	Houses / Mansions	Hollywood

Chinese American Museum In the El Pueblo Plaza adjacent to Olvera Street, you might think...	Museums / Galleries	Downtown Los Angeles

City Hall of Los Angeles An icon of the Los Angeles cityscape, this gorgeous 1928 landmark...	Government Buildings	Downtown Los Angeles

Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) This small but important cultural landmark in the city pioneered...	Museums / Galleries	Beverly Hills and the Westside

Dan Blocker State Beach Originally owned jointly by the stars of the Bonanza TV series...	Marinas / Piers	Malibu

Descanso Gardens Getting its name from the Spanish word for "rest," this lovely...	Gardens / Arboretums	Pasadena and Environs

Disney Studios Although tours of this film studio are not available, a peek...	Film / TV Studios	Hollywood

Dockweiler State Beach The longest (4-mi) strip of beach in the county, Dockweiler has...	Beaches	From Playa del Ray to Torrance Beach

Dolby Theatre Taking a half-hour tour of the theater that hosts the Academy...	Arts / Performance Venues	Hollywood

Downtown L.A. Standard Housed in the former Superior Oil Headquarters, the Standard's...	Hotels	Downtown Los Angeles

Egyptian Theatre Hieroglypics in Hollywood? Why not? Impresario Sid Grauman built...	Arts / Performance Venues	Hollywood

Exposition Park Originally developed in 1880 as an open-air farmers' market...	Parks	Downtown Los Angeles

Fenyes Mansion With its elegant dark wood paneling and floors, curved staircases...	Houses / Mansions	Pasadena and Environs

Greystone Mansion L.A.'s answer to the châteaus of Europe, this 1927 neo-Gothic...	Houses / Mansions	Beverly Hills and the Westside

Guinness World of Records Saluting those who have gone the extra mile to earn placement...	Museums / Galleries	Hollywood

Guitar Center and Hollywood RockWalk For those who love to rock, this store salutes you. At the Guitar...	Stores / Malls	Hollywood

Hancock Park Highland Avenue marks the western perimeter of the neighborhood...	Parks	Beverly Hills and the Westside

Heritage Square Museum Looking like a prop street set up by a film studio, Heritage...	Museums / Galleries	Pasadena and Environs

Hermosa Beach South of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach has all the amenities...	Beaches	From Playa del Ray to Torrance Beach

Hollywood & Highland Bringing some glitz, foot traffic and commerce back to Hollywood...	Stores / Malls	Hollywood

Hollywood and Vine The mere mention of this intersection inspires images of a street...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Hollywood

Hollywood Bowl Classic Hollywood doesn't get better than this. Summer-evening...	Arts / Performance Venues	Hollywood

Hollywood Forever Cemetery Leave it to Hollywood to have a graveyard that feels more V.I.P...	Cemeteries	Hollywood

Hollywood Heritage Museum A must for Cecil B. DeMille fans, this unassuming building across...	Museums / Galleries	Hollywood

Hollywood High School Grease is the word! This stellar high school has seen a who's...	Educational Institutions	Hollywood

Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel In the hotel world, the Roosevelt's something of a comeback kid...	Hotels	Hollywood

Hollywood Sign With letters 50 feet tall, Hollywood's trademark sign can be...	Memorials / Monuments	Hollywood

Hollywood Wax Museum If a walk through Hollywood hasn't yielded any star-spotting...	Museums / Galleries	Hollywood

Italian Hall Building This landmark isn't open to the public, but it's noteworthy because...	Parks	Downtown Los Angeles

The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center There's a lot offered here in terms of books as well as traditional...	Parks	Downtown Los Angeles

Japanese American National Museum What was it like to grow up on a sugar plantation in Hawaii?...	Parks	Downtown Los Angeles

Kidspace Children's Museum Looking like a Looney Tunes cartoon, this activity-focused, kid-centric...	Museums / Galleries	Pasadena and Environs

Koreatown Although L.A.'s sizable Korean population is scattered throughout...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Beverly Hills and the Westside

Las Tunas State Beach This small beach known for its groins (metal gates constructed...	Beaches	Malibu

Leo Carrillo State Park On the very edge of Ventura County, this narrow beach is better...	Beaches	Malibu

Los Angeles County Arboretum Wander through a recreated tropical forest, a South Africa landscape...	Gardens / Arboretums	Pasadena and Environs

Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust A museum dedicated solely to the Holocaust, it uses its extensive...	Museums / Galleries	Beverly Hills and the Westside

Los Angeles Zoo A short drive from downtown Los Angeles at the junction of the...	Zoos / Aquariums	Hollywood

Malibu Lagoon State Beach Bird-watchers, take note: in this 5-acre marshy area you can...	Beaches	Malibu

Malibu Pier This 780-foot fishing dock is a great place to drink in the sunset...	Marinas / Piers	Malibu

Malibu Surfrider Beach Steady 3- to 5-foot waves make this beach, just west of Malibu...	Beaches	Malibu

Manhattan Beach A wide, sandy strip with good swimming and rows of volleyball...	Beaches	From Playa del Ray to Torrance Beach

Marina del Rey Just south of Venice, this condo-laden, chain restaurant-lined...	Marinas / Piers	Venice Beach

Millennium Biltmore Hotel The "wow" factor hits you as soon as you walk in the door. Dripping...	Hotels	Downtown Los Angeles

Miracle Mile The strip of Wilshire Boulevard between La Brea and Fairfax avenues...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Beverly Hills and the Westside

Mission San Gabriel Archangel Wondering where the Mission District got its name? Here's the...	Religious Sites	Pasadena and Environs

Muscle Beach Bronzed young men bench-pressing five girls at once, weight lifters...	Beaches	Venice Beach

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County The completed renovation of the museum's 1913 Beaux Arts building...	Museums / Galleries	Downtown Los Angeles

Nicholas Canyon County Beach Sandier and less private than most of the rocky beaches surrounding...	Beaches	Malibu

The Old Mill (El Molino Viejo) Built in 1816 as a gristmill for the San Gabriel Mission, the...	Architectural Sites	Pasadena and Environs

Old Town Pasadena Once the victim of decay, the area was revitalized in the 1990s...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Pasadena and Environs

Pacific Asia Museum Devoted to the arts and culture of Asia and the Pacific Islands...	Museums / Galleries	Pasadena and Environs

Pacific Design Center World-renowned architect Cesar Pelli's original vision for the...	Stores / Malls	Beverly Hills and the Westside

Pacific Park Built on Santa Monica Pier, extending over the bay, this small...	Amusement Parks	Santa Monica

Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits This member of the Natural History Museum family is sunk, bunkerlike...	Museums / Galleries	Beverly Hills and the Westside

Pasadena Museum of California Art The first thing you see when you approach this museum is the...	Museums / Galleries	Pasadena and Environs

Pershing Square The city's cultures come together in one of the oldest parks...	Squares	Downtown Los Angeles

Richard J. Riordan Central Library It's still known locally as the Central Library—but after...	Libraries	Downtown Los Angeles

Ripley's Believe It or Not "Odditorium" is a good name for it—while the ticket price...	Museums / Galleries	Hollywood

Rose Bowl With an enormous rose, the city of Pasadena's logo, adorned on...	Sports Venues	Pasadena and Environs

Skirball Cultural Center With a mission of exhibiting the connections "between four thousand...	Museums / Galleries	Beverly Hills and the Westside

Staples Center Home to the Lakers, the Clippers, the Sparks, and ice hockey...	Sports Venues	Downtown Los Angeles

Sunset Plaza With a profusion of sidewalk cafés, Sunset Plaza is one...	Squares	Beverly Hills and the Westside

Topanga State Beach The beginning of miles of public beach, Topanga has good surfing...	Beaches	Malibu

Topanga State Park This is another way into the Santa Monicas via the Trippet Ranch...	Parks	Malibu

Tournament House (Wrigley Mansion) Chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley purchased this white Italian...	Houses / Mansions	Pasadena and Environs

UCLA Hammer Museum The bold murals and installations at this museum have been known...	Museums / Galleries	Beverly Hills and the Westside

Union Station Once the key entry point into Los Angeles prior to LAX, Union...	Transportation Sites	Downtown Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) With spectacular buildings such as a Romanesque library, the...	Educational Institutions	Beverly Hills and the Westside

University of Southern California (USC) There's more to this private university than mascot Tommy Trojan...	Educational Institutions	Downtown Los Angeles

Watts Towers The jewel of rough South L.A. is the legacy of Simon Rodia, a...	Memorials / Monuments	Downtown Los Angeles

Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites In 1976 John Portman designed these five shimmering cylinders...	Hotels	Downtown Los Angeles

Westward Beach-Point Dume Go tide-pooling, fishing, snorkeling, or bird-watching (prime...	Beaches	Malibu

Will Rogers State Beach This clean, sandy, 3-mile beach, with a dozen volleyball nets...	Parks	Santa Monica

Will Rogers State Historic Park and Museum The humorist, actor, and rambling cowboy Will Rogers lived on...	Parks	Santa Monica

Zuma Beach Park This 2-mile stretch of white sand, usually littered with tanning...	Beaches	Malibu
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