Los Angeles, California Attractions
Unusual landmarks, museums, roadside attractions, and hidden wonders in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Arcane museums, giant doughnuts, and, of course, Hollywood. You could spend your entire life in LA and never experience all of its roadside weirdness.
Sights for Oddball Excursions
Simon Rodia's Watts Towers
Los Angeles, California
An oft analyzed and revered monumental junk art construction of tall spires by outsider artist Sabato Simon "Sam" Rodia, built from 1922 to 1954.
Museum of Jurassic Technology
Culver City, California
A collection both cryptic and illuminating, dedicated to raising public appreciation of the Lower Jurassic.
Museum of Death
Hollywood, California
Grisly romp through funeral customs, celebrity murders, freak animals, and art of the condemned.
Drive-Thru Donut: The Donut Hole
La Puente, California
A doughnut shop sandwiched between two giant doughnuts is the very definition of the drive-thru attraction.
La Brea Tar Pits
Los Angeles, California
Indoor and outdoor displays of prehistoric animals trapped in tar bubbling out of the ground east of Beverly Hills.
In and Around Los Angeles
Choice field reports and tips. Or check out: Complete list of California attractions.
- Yorba Linda: Richard Nixon Museum and Birthplace
- North Hollywood: Portal of the Folded Wings, Space Shuttle Memorial
- Los Angeles: Chicken Boy: Muffler Man
- Los Angeles: Simon Rodia's Watts Towers
- Los Angeles: La Brea Tar Pits
- West Hollywood: Tail o' the Pup
- Los Angeles: LAPD Museum
- Hollywood: Museum of Death
- West Hollywood: Rocky and Bullwinkle
- Inglewood: Big Doughnut, Randy's Donuts
- Hollywood: Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Hollywood: Hollywood Museum
- Glendora: Rubel Castle
- Culver City: Museum of Jurassic Technology
- Culver City: Cold War: The Wende Museum
- Calabasas: Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park
- Los Angeles: Angels Flight: World's Shortest Railway
- Los Angeles: Big Bronze Bruce Lee
- Los Angeles: Statue of Businessman With Head Stuck In Building [tips]
- Los Angeles: Muffler Man - Sergio [tips]
- Los Angeles: Phantasma Gloria at Randyland LA [tips]
