The Griffith Observatory, on a hill in Griffith Park, has free exhibits, telescopes and views of the Hollywood Sign and the Los Angeles basin, especially at sunset. Below, the Hollywood Walk of Fame has more than 2,700 stars.
Also in LA: the Getty Center art museum (free entry), Santa Monica Pier, Venice Beach, and studio tours such as Warner Bros. and Universal.
The Santa Barbara Channel, between the city and the Channel Islands, is one of the best places in California to see whales.
The hottest, driest and lowest national park in the USA, with Badwater Basin salt flats 86 m below sea level, sand dunes at Mesquite Flat, colourful …
A 6.8 km boulevard of themed casino resorts in the Nevada desert, with the Bellagio fountains, the Venetian's canals, shows, and the Sphere, a giant …
One of the world's great drives, along the rugged California coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains drop into the Pacific.
A glacial valley in the Sierra Nevada with granite cliffs such as El Capitan and Half Dome, and waterfalls including Yosemite Falls, one of the talle…
A former federal prison on a rocky island in San Francisco Bay, which held Al Capone and others until 1963.
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