Americas Greatest Cities – Los Angeles Travel Guide

September 6, 2010

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History Travel Articles

»	Hop the bus to LA's gritty criminal past May 17, 2007, 12:24 pm A dismembered wannabe starlet. A girl buried under her family's home. A rattlesnake used as a weapon. The scenes of those crimes are stops on a series of Southern California bus tours that eschew the usual stars' homes and theme parks to offer passengers a peak at the region's dark side. "They're... » View Article
»	Little Tokyo in L.A. January 20, 2007, 6:21 pm With gardens to stroll, sushi, and shopping, L.A.'s Japantown is the real deal he closest you can come to experiencing Japan without a ride across the Pacific is in Little Tokyo, one of the few remaining Japantowns in the United States. The neighborhood is changing fast as downtown... » View Article
»	36 Hours - Hollywood January 29, 2007, 1:03 pm "Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood, and you'll find the real tinsel underneath," Oscar Levant, that Algonquin wit, once observed. And though the lights do shine brightly for the fabulous here, the back streets of this gritty pocket of Los Angeles hold hidden gems for the everyman. Wander... » View Article