The Queen Mary
For decades the Queen Mary ocean liner catered exclusively to the ultra-rich; it's now a luxury hotel, with prices to match, but you can also take tours of this Art Deco palace, which doubles as a museum.

Venice Boardwalk
Venice Boardwalk is like an outdoor circus - perennially teeming with rollerblading jugglers, fire-eaters, body-builders and other wacky characters.

Getty Center
With its staggering $1.3 billion endowment, this museum has snapped up top-notch paintings and photographs from such modernist masters as Man Ray, and decorative arts from the reign of France's Louis XIV.

Rodeo Drive
Ogle the price tags and ostentatious fashions in the ritzy boutiques of Rodeo Drive, but keep an eye out for the celebrities who live in the nearby hills.

Central Hollywood
The studios have moved away, but you can still compare shoe sizes with the stars on the Walk of Fame, or duck into Frederick's lingerie museum for a peek at Cher's knickers.

Explore Los Angeles

• Anaheim
• Around downtown
• Downtown LA
• Hollywood
• San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys
• Santa Monica, Venice and Malibu
• South Bay
• West LA