Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #8 in Los Angeles, United States

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Number of sights 12 sights
Distance 6.3 km
Ascend 262 m
Descend 172 m

Explore Los Angeles in United States with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in Los AngelesIndividual Sights in Los Angeles

Sight 1: Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial

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The Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial is located at Old Engine Co. No. 27, also known as Fire Station No. 27, on Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood. The museum houses old fire engines and fire apparatus, some dating from the 1880s. The museum also houses a reference library and fire safety learning center. The building was named a Los Angeles Cultural-Heritage Monument in 1976 and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The Fallen Firefighters Memorial in front of the station consists of a memorial wall listing all of the Los Angeles firefighters who have died in the line of duty and five life-size statues of firefighters.

Wikipedia: Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial (EN)

601 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Hollywood Station Los Angeles Post Office

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Hollywood Station Los Angeles Post OfficeMollylou12 (talk) Courtesy (c) 2008 by Molly Berke / CC BY 3.0

The United States Post Office in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, also known as Hollywood Station, is an active U.S. post office located at 1615 Wilcox, between Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Wikipedia: United States Post Office (Hollywood, Los Angeles) (EN)

439 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum

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The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) is a nonprofit anti-psychiatric organization established in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and psychiatrist Thomas Szasz, headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Its stated mission is to "eradicate abuses committed under the guise of mental health and enact patient and consumer protections." It is regarded by most non-Scientologists as a Scientology front group whose purpose is to push the organization's anti-psychiatric agenda.

Wikipedia: Psychiatry: An Industry of Death (EN)

605 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 4: Egyptian Theater

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Grauman's Egyptian Theatre is a historic movie theater located on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Opened in 1922, it is an early example of a lavish movie palace and is noted as having been the site of the first-ever Hollywood film premiere. From 1998 until 2020, it was owned and operated by the American Cinematheque, a member-based cultural organization.

Wikipedia: Grauman's Egyptian Theatre (EN), Website

364 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: El Capitan Entertainment Centre

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Hollywood Masonic Temple, now known as the El Capitan Entertainment Centre and also formerly known as Masonic Convention Hall, is a building on Hollywood Boulevard in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S., that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The building, built in 1921, was designed by architect John C. Austin, also noted as the lead architect of the Griffith Observatory. The Masons operated the temple until 1982, when they sold the building after several years of declining membership. The 34,000-square-foot building was then converted into a theater and nightclub, and ownership subsequently changed several times, until it was bought by the Walt Disney Company's Buena Vista Pictures Distribution in 1998 for Buena Vista Theatres, Inc.

Wikipedia: Hollywood Masonic Temple (EN)

382 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Hollywood High School

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Hollywood High SchoolGalen Smith from Minneapolis, MN, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0

Hollywood High School is a four-year public secondary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, located at the intersection of North Highland Avenue and West Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.

Wikipedia: Hollywood High School (EN), Website

339 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Walk of Fame

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The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a landmark which consists of more than 2,773 five-pointed terrazzo-and-brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California. The stars are monuments to achievement in the entertainment industry, bearing the names of a mix of actors, directors, producers, musicians, theatrical/musical groups, fictional characters, and others.

Wikipedia: Hollywood Walk of Fame (EN)

59 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Madame Tussaud's

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Madame Tussauds Hollywood is a wax museum and tourist attraction located on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. It is the ninth location for the Tussauds franchise, which was set up by sculptor Marie Tussaud, and is located just west of the TCL Chinese Theatre. Madame Tussauds is owned and operated by Merlin Entertainments.

Wikipedia: Madame Tussauds Hollywood (EN), Website

225 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Dolby Theatre

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Dolby TheatreFile:Dolby_Theatre.jpg: Adam Fagen from Washington, DC, USA derivative work: Jullit31 / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Dolby Theatre is a live-performance auditorium in the Ovation Hollywood shopping mall and entertainment complex, on Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. Since its opening on November 9, 2001, it has been the venue of the annual Academy Awards ceremony. It is adjacent to Grauman's Chinese Theatre and near the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.

Wikipedia: Dolby Theatre (EN), Website

1122 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 10: Hollywood Heritage Museum

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Hollywood Heritage Museum

The Hollywood Heritage Museum, also known as the "Hollywood Studio Museum," is located on Highland Ave. in Hollywood, California, United States.

Wikipedia: Hollywood Heritage Museum (EN), Website

777 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 11: Hollywood Bowl

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The Hollywood Bowl is an amphitheatre in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was named one of the 10 best live music venues in the United States by Rolling Stone magazine in 2018. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.

Wikipedia: Hollywood Bowl (EN), Website

1435 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 12: John Anson Ford Ampitheater

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John Anson Ford Ampitheater Los Angeles Times / CC BY 4.0

The John Anson Ford Theatre is a music venue in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The 1,200-seat outdoor amphitheater is situated within the Cahuenga Pass within the Santa Monica Mountains. Located in a County regional park, the facility is owned by the County of Los Angeles and operated in partnership with the Ford Theatre Foundation and the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation. The Ford has been operated by the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2020.

Wikipedia: John Anson Ford Amphitheatre (EN), Website

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