Los Angeles rewards the daytime wanderer with golden light on the hills, world-class art, and a coastline that never quits. From Griffith's domed observatory to the murals of Leimert Park, the city stitches glamour and grit into one endlessly sunny stroll. Grab a coffee, roll the windows down, and let the day unfold.
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A free museum celebrating the art, history, and culture of African Americans with a focus on California and the West.
Pip’s Tip Free, and closed Mondays. Exposition Park, celebrating African American art, history and culture in the West.
Simon Rodia's soaring mosaic spires anchor a beloved arts center at the heart of LA's historic Black Watts community.
Pip’s Tip Grounds Thursday to Sunday, and guided tour times vary. Simon Rodia's mosaic spires in Watts.
The cultural heart of Black Los Angeles, alive with Black-owned bookstores, jazz clubs, art galleries, and Sunday drum circles.
Pip’s Tip Shops and galleries daily but hours vary by business. The cultural heart of Black Los Angeles.
Black-owned, woman-led tours of Crenshaw, Leimert Park and Central Avenue, tracing South LA civil rights history, murals and Black business corridors.
Free hilltop observatory with sweeping city views, planetarium shows, and the best Hollywood Sign photo op in town.
More than 2,700 pink terrazzo stars honoring entertainment legends stretch along Hollywood Boulevard's most famous sidewalk.
A hilltop palace of European masterpieces, Richard Meier architecture, and terraced gardens with ocean-to-mountain views, always free.
The end of Route 66, home to Pacific Park's oceanfront Ferris wheel, carnival games, and postcard sunsets over the Pacific.
A free contemporary art powerhouse behind a honeycomb facade, home to Yayoi Kusama's beloved Infinity Mirror Rooms.
The world's most famous nine white letters crown Mount Lee, best reached on the scenic trails winding through Griffith Park.
Frank Gehry's shimmering stainless-steel sails house the LA Philharmonic and a serene public garden open to all.
A carnival of street performers, muscle beach, skate parks, and bohemian murals along one of LA's liveliest oceanfront strolls.
The West's largest art museum, newly reopened in the David Geffen Galleries and famous for the Urban Light lamp-post forest out front.
A free family favorite home to the retired Space Shuttle Endeavour, hands-on exhibits, and an ecosystem-spanning aquarium.
Rare manuscripts, European and American art, and 130 acres of dazzling botanical gardens including a serene Japanese and Chinese garden.
The world's largest rotating tramcar climbs from the desert floor to alpine forest atop Mount San Jacinto in a breathtaking ten minutes.
Temecula's crowd-pleasing family estate, famous for its Almond sparkling wine, vineyard grounds, live music and a restaurant, about 90 minutes from LA.
An intimate, Argentine-rooted boutique estate acclaimed for Syrah and Malbec, with a standout vintage-motorcycle museum (MotoDoffo) on the grounds, the refined alternative on the De Portola trail.
A longtime family estate in the heart of 'Sideways' country, with a Spanish-style tasting room, gardens and estate Chardonnay and Pinot, about 2 hours up the coast.
A guided tram and walking tour through working Burbank soundstages, backlot streets, prop houses and sets from Friends, Harry Potter and DC films.
The last major studio still in Hollywood proper runs cart tours past working soundstages, the New York backlot and the famous Bronson Gate.
A wide, clean two-mile stretch of Malibu sand with strong surf, volleyball courts, lifeguards and roughly 2,000 parking spaces off PCH.
A small cove reached by a bluff-top staircase, known for sea caves, rock arches and the best sunset photographs on the Malibu coast.
Wide South Bay sand backed by The Strand bike path, with a 900-foot pier, volleyball courts and walkable restaurants a block inland.
Top down from the pier to Point Dume, the drive that never gets old.
A family caravan and a picnic at the overlook. Members hear first.
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