9 Local Spots in Los Angeles Tourists Don't Know About
9 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Arts District (Downtown LA)
Los Angeles, United States
The Arts District is downtown LA's most creative neighbourhood — a former industrial zone of warehouses, factories, and railroad buildings east of Little Tokyo that has been converted into galleries, restaurants, breweries, and the kind of creative-class real estate that every American city's urban planners aspire to but few achieve as organically as LA.
Beverly Hills & Rodeo Drive
Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, United States
Beverly Hills is the most famous wealthy neighbourhood in the world — an independent city (technically not part of LA) of manicured lawns, palm-lined streets, and the kind of concentrated luxury that has defined American aspirational culture since Hollywood's golden age.
Grand Central Market
317 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Grand Central Market is LA's oldest and most diverse food hall — a 30,000-square-foot market in a 1917 Beaux-Arts building on Broadway in downtown that has been feeding Angelenos since before the word 'foodie' existed.
Griffith Park & LA Zoo
4730 Crystal Springs Dr, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 90027, United States
Griffith Park is the largest municipal park with an urban wilderness area in the United States — 4,310 acres of chaparral-covered hills, oak woodlands, and hiking trails that are home to mountain lions, coyotes, mule deer, and the P-22 legend (a mountain lion that lived in the park from 2012 to 2022, crossed two freeways to get there, and became the most famous wild animal in LA history).
Koreatown
Los Angeles, United States
Koreatown is the largest Korean community outside of Korea — a dense, 24-hour neighbourhood west of downtown that contains the best Korean food in America, the most active nightlife in LA, and a cultural ecosystem that operates largely in Korean and on a schedule that makes the rest of the city look like it goes to bed early.
Original Farmers Market & The Grove
6333 W 3rd St, La Brea, Los Angeles, 90036, United States
The Original Farmers Market has been feeding Los Angeles since 1934 — an open-air market at the corner of Third and Fairfax that started when a group of farmers parked their trucks on a vacant lot during the Depression and hasn't stopped since.
Pasadena & Old Town
South Arroyo, Pasadena, 91105, United States
Pasadena is the most walkable city in the LA basin — an independent city northeast of downtown that has preserved its early 20th-century commercial centre (Old Town), maintained its tree-lined residential streets, and cultivated a cultural identity that includes the Rose Bowl, Caltech, the Huntington Library, and the New Year's Day Tournament of Roses Parade that has been processing down Colorado Boulevard since 1890.
Silver Lake & Echo Park
Los Angeles, United States
Silver Lake and Echo Park are LA's twin creative neighbourhoods — hilly, walkable (by LA standards) districts east of Hollywood that have been the centre of the city's indie music, art, and coffee culture since the 2000s.
Venice Beach & Boardwalk
Ocean Front Walk, Los Angeles, 90291, United States
Venice Beach is LA's most characterful boardwalk — a 2.
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