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A popular venue for improv and sketch comedy that has launched plenty of famous careers.
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Home of some great photographers, such as Herb Ritts.
Has a gym, senior center, baseball fields, picnic benches, and children's play areas. Right next to the Fairfax branch of the Los Angeles Public Library.
This historic broadcasting complex was built in 1952 and continues to be the home of many of American TV's most popular shows, such as American Idol, The Price is Right, and The Young and The Restless. Tickets for shows that have a studio audience can usually be had for free at the CBS box office or on the show's website, but be forewarned that ticket distribution is frequently in excess of audience capacity and long lines can form for popular shows—Price is Right audience members, in particular, have been known to camp outside the studio the night before a taping just for a chance to be a contestant!
A popular and noted comedy club that plays host to lots of big-name acts.
A local landmark Art Deco theater, this standing room-only music venue is a popular for rock-and-roll and pop concerts.
An excellent museum that displays fossils of animals – including saber-toothed cats, dire wolves and mammoths – that got stuck in tar pits during the Ice Age 10,000 to 40,000 years ago. Visitors can watch fossils being prepared and learn about the natural and human history of the tar pits. However, the real highlight is just outside the museum in Hancock Park, where you'll find a Pleistocene Garden and the tar pits themselves, with life-size replicas of extinct mammals and where you can witness the ongoing excavation of the pits.