The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (referred to as LACMA) has an incredible collection of nearly 150,000 works spanning 6,000 years. Their permanent collection features prominent works by Matisse, Kandinsky and Giacometti, to name just a few, and seminal exhibitions have included retrospectives of van Gogh and Picasso. The museum is now as famous for its sculptures as its paintings, with a huge Jeff Koons balloon animal in the main courtyard and Chris Burden’s much-Instagrammed ‘Urban Light’ lamppost installation outside the front of the museum.

This is actually a network of little trails in Griffith Park around the iconic observatory, including one three-mile hike (the Mt. Hollywood Trail) that takes you as close to the Hollywood sign as you can get. The locals love the observatory-adjacent trails just as much as the tourists do: You'll see lots of families, dogs, and people going to check out the caves, canyons, and vistas along the way. It's always worth it to take a post-hike visit to the Griffith Observatory, an Art Deco marvel that is one of the most visited observatories in the world for a reason. Its exhibit halls (one of which houses a rare, electricity-pulsing Tesla coil), photogenic views of the Hollywood sign, planetarium, and 12-inch Zeiss telescope bring visitors in droves.

The city’s monthly Rose Bowl Flea Market has garnered near mythical status among LA’s stylists, who come on the second Sunday of every month to hunt through the sprawling rabbit warren of stalls for everything from vintage clothes and furniture to wonderfully weird collectibles. Bargain hunters should also head to the weekly Melrose Trading Post Flea Market, which is held on the campus of Fairfax High School every Sunday and has 250 stalls packed with eclectic bric-a-brac.

The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center features works of art dating from the eighth through the twenty-first century, showcased against a backdrop of dramatic architecture, tranquil gardens, and breathtaking views of Los Angeles. The collection includes European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European, Asian, and American photographs.

The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa in Malibu features Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities presented in a setting modeled after a first-century Roman country house, the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum, Italy.

Emporium hosting food vendors & florists, plus game nights, movies & other events, since 1917. 40 stalls are home to an only-in-LA blend of legacy vendors like China Cafe and Roast To Go (Grand Central Market tenants for over half a century), rising stars, and success stories from the city's buzzing food scene.