Offbeat Los Angeles
Description:
California has always been a haven for misfits and eccentrics. Accordingly, Los Angeles has many hidden locales that just make you wonder. Because the Southland is so huge, the more you look then the more odd stuff you will find. Listed here are a variety of sites to get you started.
The Days below are organized geographically:
Day 1 --- Westside
Day 2 --- Hollywood
Day 3 --- Mid-Wilshire and Koreatown
Day 4 --- Near Downtown
Day 5 --- San Fernando Valley Sites
Day 6 --- Sites to the South
Day 7 --- Sites farther East
Day 8 --- Outside the City
Photo: Venice Beach performer. By
Irene
Author: John Speke
Day 1 - Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Malibu
Westside Sites
1
Location:
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17190 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90272-3099
Phone:
+1 310 454 4114
2
Location:
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1450 Ocean Avenue
Senior Recreation Center
Santa Monica, CA 90407
Phone:
(310) 458 8644
3
Location:
Los Angeles, CA 90013
4
Location:
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2525 Michigan Ave
East of Cloverfield Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone:
310/829-5854
5
Location:
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905 Loma Vista Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone:
+1 310 550 4796
6
Location:
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Along Santa Monica Boulevard
(Between Doheny and Wilshire)
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone:
+1 310 285 1000(Tourist Information)
9
Location:
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516 Walden Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone:
+1 213 624 7300 (Tourist Information)
11
Location:
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9341 Venice Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90232
Phone:
+1 310 836 6131
14
Location:
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9331 Venice Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90034
Phone:
(310) 839-5722
15
Location:
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10619 Bellagio Road
Los Angeles, CA 90077
Phone:
+1 310 794 0320
18
Location:
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39996 Pacific Coast Hwy
Malibu, CA 90265
Phone:
310-457-8143
19
Location:
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154 S Topanga Canyon Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90290
Phone:
(310) 455-2998
Day 2 - Los Angeles, Hollywood, West Hollywood
Hollywood Sites
3
Location:
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6667 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Phone:
1 323 467 7788
5
Location:
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6245 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Phone:
+1 323 462 5890
6
Location:
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5900 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
7
Location:
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Franklin Avenue near Whitley AVe
Hollywood, CA 90068
Phone:
+1 213 624 7300 (Tourist Information)
9
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
10
Location:
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7220 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Phone:
(323) 931-2997,(323) 934-8684
13
Location:
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6400 Sunset Blvd
(One block west of Vine Street)
West Hollywood, CA 90028
Phone:
323/245-6400
15
Location:
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5419 Hollywood Boulevard
Suite C404
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone:
+1 212 209 3370
Day 3 - Los Angeles
Mid-Wilshire and Koreatown
1
Location:
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5801 Wilshire Blvd
East of Fairfax Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Phone:
323/934-7243
2
Location:
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4830 St. Elmo Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Phone:
+1 323 931 3409
3
Location:
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3361 W. 8th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90005
Phone:
(213)382-8449
4
Location:
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3790 Wilshire Blvd
Off California St, Burbank
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone:
213/388-1400
5
Location:
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3357 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone:
213 385 7275
6
Location:
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3198 1/2 W 7th St
Los Angeles, CA 9005
Phone:
+1 213 389 2007
7
Location:
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3050 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone:
+1 213 738 6700
8
Location:
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3255 West 4th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone:
(213) 385-9475
Day 4 - Los Angeles
Sites near Downtown
2
Location:
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1632 Bellevue Avenue
South of Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Phone:
+1 213 847 8524
3
Location:
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535 North Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone:
+1 213 629 3101
4
Location:
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1345 West First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Phone:
+1 213 250 9995 / +1 213 250 4093
5
Location:
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505 East Third Street
Corner of Third and South Central Avenues
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Phone:
+1 213 626 4200
6
Location:
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E 1st Street & S San Pedro Street
Downtown, southeast of the Civic Center; bounded by 1st, 2nd, San Pedro, and Los Angeles Sts
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone:
+1 213 620 0570
7
Location:
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118 E 6th St
90014 Los Angeles, US
Phone:
213 622 4090
8
Location:
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648 South Broadway Seventh Street
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Phone:
1 213 627 1673
9
Location:
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404 South Figueroa Street
The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone:
+1 213 624 1000
10
Location:
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617 S. Olive St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Phone:
1 213 488 9488
11
Location:
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1104 North Mission Road
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone:
(323) 343-0760
12
Location:
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501 West Olympic Boulevard
Suite 101
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Phone:
+1 213 489 9918
13
Location:
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1122 West 24th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Phone:
(213) 746-2166
14
Location:
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10 Chester Place
Mount St. Mary's College
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Phone:
+1 213 477 2962
15
Location:
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700 State Dr
Exposition Park
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Phone:
323/724-3623
16
Location:
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3742 West Martin Luther King Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90008
Phone:
+1 323 299 8829
Day 5 - Los Angeles, Studio City
San Fernando Valley Sites
2
Location:
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Coldwater Canyon Road and Burbank Boulevard
North Hollywood
Los Angeles, CA 91401
Phone:
+1 213 624 7300 (Tourist Information)
3
Location:
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15151 San Fernando Mission Blvd
Mission Hills
Studio City, CA 91345
Phone:
818/361-0186
Day 6 - Los Angeles, Inglewood
Sites to the South
1
Location:
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1727 E. 107th St
Watts
Los Angeles, CA 90002
Phone:
213/847-4646
4
Location:
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Angels Gate Park
Los Angeles, CA 90731
Phone:
+1 310 548 5677
9
Location:
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230 S. Grevillea Avenue
Inglewood, California 90301
Phone:
(310) 412-8750
10
Location:
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5300 Rodeo Road
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Phone:
(323) 294-5211
Day 7 - Los Angeles, Pasadena, San Bernardino
Sites to the East
2
Location:
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5702 York Blvd
Los Angeles, California 90042
Phone:
(323) 255-7115
3
Location:
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3540 North Mission Road
Lincoln Park
Los Angeles, CA 90031
Phone:
+1 323 223 2475
5
Location:
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323 East 1st St
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone:
+1 323 512 5697
6
Location:
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3802 Cesar East Chavez Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90063
Phone:
+1 323 881 6444
7
Location:
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1120 Old Mill Road
Los Angeles, CA 91108
Phone:
+1 626 449 5458
8
Location:
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428 S. Mission Dr
San Gabriel (15 min. south of Pasadena)
Pasadena, CA 91776
Phone:
626/457-3048
10
Location:
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Red Box-Mount Wilson Road
Los Angeles, CA 91107
Phone:
+1 626 440 9016
11
Location:
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2728 West Foothill Blvd
US Highway Route 66
92376 San Bernardino, US
Day 8 - Los Angeles
Outside the City
2
Location:
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50770 Seminole Drive
Los Angeles, CA 92230
Phone:
(951)922-0076, (951)849-7012