Exposition Park & Natural History Museum
900 Exposition Blvd, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, 90007, United States
Exposition Park is LA's museum campus — a 160-acre park south of downtown that houses the Natural History Museum (the largest natural and cultural history museum in the western US), the California Science Center (home to the Space Shuttle Endeavour), the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (opening soon, designed by MAD Architects), and the LA Memorial Coliseum, which hosted the Olympics in 1932 and 1984 and will again in 2028.
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).
La Brea Tar Pits
5801 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036
The La Brea Tar Pits are the most important Ice Age fossil site in the world — natural asphalt seeps in the middle of urban Los Angeles that have been trapping and preserving animals for over 50,000 years, producing the richest collection of Pleistocene fossils ever found.
Malibu & Pacific Coast Highway
Pacific Coast Highway, Los Angeles, United States
Malibu is the 27-mile stretch of Pacific coastline northwest of Santa Monica that represents the California dream in its most concentrated form — surfing beaches, celebrity homes, seafood restaurants on the pier, and the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) hugging the cliffs between the Santa Monica Mountains and the ocean.
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive, Brentwood, Los Angeles, 90049, United States
Mulholland Drive is LA's most famous road — a 55-kilometre scenic highway running along the crest of the Santa Monica Mountains from the Hollywood Hills to the Pacific Coast near Malibu, providing views of the LA basin on one side and the San Fernando Valley on the other.
Runyon Canyon
2000 N Fuller Ave, Runyon Canyon, Los Angeles, 90046, United States
Runyon Canyon is LA's most popular urban hike — a 160-acre park in the Hollywood Hills that provides a moderately challenging trail with views of the Hollywood Sign, downtown, the Griffith Observatory, and on clear days the Pacific Ocean and Catalina Island.
Santa Monica Pier & Beach
200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Santa Monica Pier is where Route 66 meets the Pacific Ocean — the western terminus of America's most famous highway and one of the most recognisable landmarks in Los Angeles.
The Huntington Library & Gardens
1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino, 91108, United States
The Huntington is one of the greatest cultural institutions in California — a 120-acre estate in San Marino that combines a world-class research library (housing a Gutenberg Bible, a Shakespeare First Folio, and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales manuscript), an art collection (Gainsborough's 'Blue Boy' and Lawrence's 'Pinkie'), and 16 themed botanical gardens that together create a day-long experience unlike anything else in Southern California.
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