Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
Formerly known as the Chiat/Day Building, this Frank Gehry–designed office building is home to Google and, thanks to its eye-catching architecture and the…
Must-see attractions in Los Angeles
Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
South of Washington Blvd, the throng dissipates and the golden sands unfurl in a more pristine manner. Waves roll in consistently and are ideal for…
Malibu & Pacific Palisades
Families love this summer-camp-style beach with enough stimulating tide pools, cliff caves, nature trails and great swimming and surfing to tire out even…
Frederick R Weisman Museum of Art
Malibu & Pacific Palisades
This art museum on the Pepperdine University campus hosts temporary exhibits of mostly 20th-century art (Claes Oldenburg, Dale Chihuly, Roy Liechtenstein…
California African American Museum
Los Angeles
CAAM does an excellent job of showcasing African-American artists and the African-American experience, with a special focus on California and LA. Exhibits…
Malibu & Pacific Palisades
One of the highlights of Will Rogers State Park, with views across the city and ocean.
Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
These walls, right on the beach, have been covered by generations of graffiti artists from 1961 to the present.
Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
Epic 30ft-high portrait of one-time Venice resident Jim Morrison of the rock band The Doors, by Rip Cronk.
Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
A 30ft-high portrait of Venice's founder, by Rip Cronk.
Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
A Rip Cronk mural inspired by the Van Gogh original.
Los Angeles
When Parmanhansa Yogananda first came to LA from India in the 1920s to spread his yoga love, he set up shop at this beautiful estate, which remains a…
Malibu & Pacific Palisades
Malibu has been celebrity central since the 1930s, when money troubles forced landowner May Rindge to lease out property to her famous Hollywood buds…
Los Angeles
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Central Ave was the lifeblood of LA’s African-American community, not by choice but because segregation laws kept black…
Malibu & Pacific Palisades
This salty marsh is where Malibu Creek meets the ocean, attracting migratory birds and their human admirers. It underwent a major native-species…
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
George Lucas, John Wayne and Neil Armstrong are among the famous alumni of this well-respected private university, founded in 1880, just north of…
Los Angeles
The university's art museum presents changing selections from its ever-expanding collection of American landscapes, British portraits, French Barbizon…
Malibu & Pacific Palisades
The 31-room home where cowboy-turned-entertainer and humanitarian Will Rogers lived from 1928 until his untimely death in 1935 opens for tours. It's in…
Los Angeles
This stately garden in front of the California Science Center opened to the public in 1928 and today displays 145 varieties of plants.
Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey
Most boats, including party fishing boats and winter whale-watching boats, leave from this kitschy strip of candy-colored cottages filled with tacky gift…
Los Angeles
The Dunbar was a luxury hotel built in 1928 in this predominantly African-American neighborhood, at a time when segregation barred African-Americans from…
Los Angeles
This park sits at the southern end of Leimert Park, though its appeal is diminished by the constant swirl of traffic on busy Crenshaw Blvd to the west.
