Travel guides and tips

Towering above the city of Los Angeles is one of the most recognizable man-made landmarks in the world: the Hollywood sign. It’s been featured and satirized in film…

The weather in San Francisco has a certain reputation. Even Mark Twain acknowledged our summertime temps can be a chilly letdown. Sure, there’s fog, rolling in a bit…

Dire wolves aren’t just a mythical Game of Thrones animal — they used to roam around this area now known as Los Angeles. So did mammoths. You can…

While wandering around the streets and side streets of romantic Paris, I’m often distracted by some of the beautiful balconies outside the many apartments that crowd the city.…

When most people go on vacation, visiting the public library probably isn’t on the itinerary. However, in New York City, even the library is one of the city’s…

San Francisco is famous for its sourdough — and for good reason. There’s nothing like the crackle of freshly baked crust as you tear into one of those…

The Bradbury Building is the oldest commercial building in downtown Los Angeles, and it’s got a bit of an unusual history, which I’ll dig into below. But what’s…

There’s a reason Paris is known as the City of Love. Everything — from its charming streets to ornate architecture, the café culture to elaborate pastries — exudes…

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, better known as LACMA, is a mainstay on the stretch of Wilshire Boulevard called Museum Row. You’ve probably seen its most…

The Greater LA area offers a plethora of incredible viewpoints to catch a spectacular SoCal sunset, but urban spatial restrictions combined with this densely populated region of people…

A visit to Los Angeles may not conjure images of trains or buses, so it might surprise you that LA’s Union Station is the largest railroad passenger terminal…

Visiting a navy battleship probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when talking about a trip to Los Angeles, but there is one ship you should…