Monthly Archives: October 2016

Little Tokyo LA

Little Tokyo LA [caption id="attachment_32775" align="alignright" width="425"] Little Tokyo LA Pixabay Public Domain[/caption] Only one of three such districts as this next one exist in North America, the history and culture-filled area we’re speaking of, Little Tokyo, being one of the ethnically hottest spots in to visit in L.A. Here in this iconic historic district…
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art [caption id="attachment_39062" align="alignright" width="425"] LA County Museum of Art LOS ANGELES TOURISM & CONVENTION BOARD (1)[/caption] If you find yourself on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile area of L.A you need to stop by one of the best museums on the west coast, the Los Angeles County Museum…
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Hollywood and Highland

Hollywood and Highland [caption id="attachment_39066" align="alignright" width="425"] Highland Shopping Center Statue Pixabay Public Domain[/caption] What better way to really get to know the city of Los Angeles than with a visit to Hollywood and Highland, the 387,000 square foot retail space that contains numerous local, regional, and international shops, eateries, and nightclubs. This is one…
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10 Best Cities for Street Art and Graffiti

Graffiti is one of the newest and most highly respected cultural art forms sweeping the nation, and the world, right now and we think it's important to point out some of the most iconic 'street museums' throughout the country, giving students a fresh option for cultural, historical, and culturally-based educational field trips. What was once…
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Getty Center

Getty Center [caption id="attachment_39051" align="alignright" width="425"] Getty Centre Pixabay Public Domain[/caption] If fine art and local culture are the types of things you are interested in then bring your group to the Getty Center while visiting L.A! The Richard Meier design and Travertine Stone exterior only begin to show the wonders inside the Getty Center,…
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Guinness World Records Hollywood

Guinness World Records Hollywood You’ve seen the books and followed the amazing record-breaking feats with awe and wonder, now you have the chance to see it up-close and personal at the Guinness World Record Museum, the attraction that has been one of Hollywood's most visited destinations since the 1990s! This Guinness World Record Museum will blow…
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Hollywood Sign

Hollywood Sign [caption id="attachment_32755" align="alignright" width="425"] Hollywood Sign Pixabay Public Domain[/caption] While in the Los Angeles area you and your group should definitely make it a point to try to make it to the Hollywood Sign, the highly popular U.S landmark and cultural icon located in the Hollywood Hills of Mount Lee, a mountain within the…
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Dearly Departed Tours

Dearly Departed Tours If you are craving a true haunting thrill while in Los Angeles head to Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood and get a tour from ‘Hollywood’s authority celebrity death source’ since 1994, Scott Michaels. Michaels, the founder of Dearly Departed Tours, lays claim to the ‘dark side of Hollywood’ and goes out of his…
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Queen Mary Tour

Queen Mary Tour [caption id="attachment_27412" align="alignright" width="350"] Queen Mary Pixabay Public Domain[/caption] If you head just about 30 minutes south of Los Angeles County you will run into Long Beach, California, the home of the famous (or perhaps infamous) Queen Mary ship. This former WWII troopship and the luxury liner is still thriving as a…
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Natural History Museum of LA County

Natural History Museum of LA County If your student group is anywhere near the Los Angeles area you have to try and make it to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the official largest nature and history museum in the Western United States. This entire collection holds around 35 million specimens and artifacts…
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