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Road rage vs yoga zen. Green pioneers vs SUV smog. Fat-free celebrities vs.hamburger stands. The city has freeways and mountains for hiking, strip malls and Spanish revival architecture. Locals joke L.A. has its own four seasons: flood, fire, earthquakes and riots. It's a magnet for those who want to make films, television and music; in a sense Los Angeles is the American Dream, constantly re-creating itself, sometimes literally rising from ashes.
Stroll the boardwalk where SoCal alterna-culture began
Though a bit touristy, there are still enough freak flags flying at Venice Beach to make it worth the trip....
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Iconic American folk art
In 1921 Simon Rodia, an immigrant from Italy, began work on a series of cone-shaped structures in his yard using only found objects....
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Learn the truth about America's Wild West
The Museum of the American West is located in Griffith Park, and was co-founded by film stars Gene and Jackie Autry and Monte and Joanne Hale....
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The most underrated museum in Los Angeles
The Norton Simon Museum found its permanent residence in Pasadena in 1974, but the collection of the eponymous founder had been traveling as a “museum without walls” since the mid-1960's....
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Pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings and more
Los Angeles's acropolis occupies the top of a hill on land once destined to be the site of a co-operative housing development....
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Unique and exclusive clothing and merchandise from around the world
American Rag boasts one of the city's largest collections of designer wear in a relaxed, warehouse setting....
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The sexiest little lounge in all of Los Angeles
Nightlife fashion tends to run north–south in SoCal, with trends emerging in LA before heading down to San Diego....
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Simian kitsch meets Moroccan culture
The Blu Monkey Bar and Lounge mercifully skips the elitist attitude common to so many Hollywood bars, but the drinks are undeniably upmarket....
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Massage therapy and beauty treatment
Beverly Hot Springs Spa offers a variety of services, including restaurant, modern beauty salon, shiatsu massage and body care....
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Total fitness and workout spots
Bally's Fitness Centers have several locations in the L....
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LA's temple to music
Frank Gehry's visual interpretation of the motion of sound resulted in a graceful, fluid series of steel waves that sits atop Bunker Hill like a winking silver beacon....
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