OUT OF TOWN
A drive through Carrizo Plains National Monument during California's Superbloom
The Carrizo Plains National Monument is a 250 acre native grassland (the largest remaining in California!), located about 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Its not a destination to vacation at, but a destination to drive through or visit during a day trip. We took a detour from Los Angeles on our way to the ...
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Crystal Cove State Park in Laguna Beach
Crystal Cove State Park is one of Orange County's largest natural parks remaining. You can hike, visit the beach, or camp on a bluff overlooking the beach. Within this expansive park sits a Historic District at the beach where the Los Trancos creek meets the ocean. This Historic District is a seaside colony with 46 ...
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The Huntington: Library, Art and Botanical Garden in Pasadena
The Huntington Library, Art Collection and Botanical Gardens is a collections-based educational and research institute established by Henry E. Huntington. In 1919 Henry and his wife Arabella Huntington drafted the trust document that would transform their private estate into an institution for the "advancement of learning, the arts and sciences, and to promote the public ...
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The cosmos via the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles
The Griffith Observatory is located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park in the Hollywood Hills and is your gateway to the cosmos and the best 360 degree views of Los Angeles. The land on which the observatory sits (3 acres) was donated to the city of Los Angeles by Griffith J. Griffith in 1896. In his ...
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The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden at the UCLA campus
The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden is a 7.5 acre outdoor classroom and research facility on the UCLA campus (University of California, Los Angeles), which is open to the public daily. The garden was started in 1929 along a little creek bed. The first garden manager obtained plant materials by donations from other botanical gardens ...
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The Getty Center Museums and Gardens
The Getty Center is well known for its architecture by Richard Meier, its beautiful gardens, its art galleries, and the excellent views overlooking Los Angeles. The center is located atop a hill above the Brentwood neighborhoods in West Los Angeles. Visitors arrive by car and take a tram up the hill to the museums and ...
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A day at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach
The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach is another one of the many perks of living along the Los Angeles coast. It’s undoubtably a magical place and educational experience for children and adults. In other words, if you are contemplating a visit -- make plans immediately! There are more than 50 exhibits with over ...
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Travel Town in Griffith Park
Do you have a kid who is obsessed or fascinated with choo choo trains? Then its time to explore the trains at the Travel Town Museum with your little ones. The museum is located on a 9-acre site in Griffith Park and is open to the public every day of the year except Christmas Day. ...
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The Natural History Museum in Los Angeles
The Natural History Museum in Los Angeles is one of the largest in the Western United States. It displays nearly 35 million specimens and artifacts that cover 4.5 billion years of history. The dinosaur exhibit is known to be one of the most extraordinary ones in the world, yep! In fact, the dinosaur hall at ...
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The Los Angeles Zoo - Entertainment for the whole family
Animal rights aside, a zoo visit is almost always a great idea and a hit with kids. Most likely you've been to a zoo before, and most are similar, but its always helpful to have an inside-guide to a zoo you've never been to before. We have a membership to the Los Angeles Zoo and ...
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Active Tar Pits in the middle of the city
The La Brea Tar Pits are located in the heart of the Miracle Mile district in Los Angeles, right next to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Pavilion for Japanese Art. Long before this time, 11,000 years ago precisely, Los Angeles was bustling with wildlife instead of cars and people. Many of ...
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