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Los AngelesLos Angeles TOURIST STOPS
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Most kids are tourists at heart, always exploring and discovering. Whether you're on a family trip or just finally planning to visit the historic, scenic, sublime, and ridiculous spots near you, we've got them all covered museums, parks, great views, tours by land, air, or sea, and more!Griffith ParkParent rating:  Location: 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles doesn't have many of those beloved public spaces that give energy and a sense of identity to great cities like New York, Chicago or Boston. Griffith Park is one of the few such spac...
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Roxbury ParkParent rating: Location: 471 S. Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills, CA Roxbury Park offers one of the largest children's playgrounds in Beverly Hills with plenty of metered parking surrounding the perimeter. The playground features a toddler play area |
Bass Pro ShopParent rating: Location: 7777 Victoria Gardens Lane, Rancho Cucamonga, CA Whether you live for the outdoors or not, Bass Pro Shop is a real treat to visit: The 165,000-square-foot, two-story building is built of logs and rocks, reminiscent of old-style Adirondack ...
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Audubon Center at Debs ParkParent rating: Location: 4700 North Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA Bugs, birds, and backpacks take center stage at the Audubon Center at Debs Park. Family Nature Programs take place during late afternoons and weekends, and include activities tha... |
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic GardenParent rating: Location: 310 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA An arboretum is a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes; it's also a place for strolling, sunning, and relaxing among shady trees, flo...
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California Science CenterParent rating: Location: 700 Exposition Park Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA This state-of-the-art science museum easily merits a day-long visit to experience fully all three floors of stimulating - and fun - hands-on exhibitions and activities. The experience starts b... |
Skirball Cultural CenterParent rating:  Location: 2701 North Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA This lively cultural center in the Santa Monica Mountains celebrates 4,000 years of Jewish tradition and history.
The Museum has some 30,000 items representing the richness and diver... |
Free Thinking: Kids Eat Free around LA and OCParent rating: Location: Los Angeles, CA Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch - or even dinner? Restaurants all over the Southland invite kids to enjoy a meal on the house, every week - sometimes even more often. |
Zimmer Children's MuseumParent rating: Location: 6505 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA The mission of the Zimmer Children's Museum is to provide interactive learning opportunities for children and families that incorporate core Jewish values and traditions and that encourage visi...
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Annenberg Community Beach HouseParent rating: Location: 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, CA Decades in the planning, the Annenberg Community Beach House opened in April 2009 as a public facility for the people of Santa Monica to enjoy a family day at the beach. The Annenberg ... |
Adamson House and Malibu Lagoon Museum & BeachParent rating: Location: 23200 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA The park has two entrances: the southern one for Adamson House, and the northern one for Malibu Lagoon Beach. The classic home, designed by Stiles O. Clements in 1929, wa... |
The HuntingtonParent rating: Location: 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA An afternoon at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens is an ideal way to spend quality family time, and perfect day to spend with grandparents and other special out-of-...
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Aquarium of the PacificParent rating: Location: 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, CA The Aquarium in Long Beach is a terrific facility celebrating the inhabitants of the Pacific Ocean. You'll find tropical fish exhibits, coral reefs, sea otters, seals and sea lions, sea turtles...
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