Roads wind easily up through the wooded Hollywood Hills, past playgrounds, golf courses, hiking trails and bridal paths.
Kids go wild when there's a celestial event like a comet or meteor shower.
The stars are in the water, rather than the skies, in the Los Angeles Harbor area. Tide pools, touch tanks and Plexiglas tunnel tanks, sharks, dolphins and sea lions make these two real pleasers. With the roar of small planes from adjacent Santa Monica Airport, all the elements are in place for a great afternoon. Geologists hard at work with actual fossils in a glass-enclosed lab make an absorbing study for the budding scientists who pass by. Two final choices round out any sampling of L.A.'s best, both star related.