Los Angeles, California
Venice of America Canals
After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Los Angeles, California
Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine
This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.
Los Angeles, California
La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Los Angeles, California
Pink's Hot Dogs
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
Los Angeles, California
Lummis Home ("El Alisal")
A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.
Los Angeles, California
Galco's Soda Pop Stop
Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Los Angeles, California
Bradbury Building
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Los Angeles, California
Griffith Observatory’s Tesla Coil
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Los Angeles, California
The Last Bookstore
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
