Los Angeles, CA - Discount Vacations, Resorts, Hotels, Packages and Travel Information

Los Angeles, CA - Discount Hotels, Vacations, Resorts, Vacation Packages and Travel Guide Lights! Camera! Action! Los Angeles or the City of Angels is well known for its celebrity residents, its top status in the entertainment industry and its smog, but there is so much more that goes into this West Coast metropolis. It started as a small mission in the southern California territory, a pueblo of no major consequence, until the Gold Rush of the late 1840's. Soon afterward it became a major city in the new state of California. During the early 20th century it was a major supplier in petroleum, then steadily became an important city for entertainment, aviation and technology. Among other places, it is the home of the La Brea Tar Pits, Japanese American National Museum, the Museum of Tolerance, the Hollywood Bowl, the Disney Concert Hall, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Perhaps one of the most famous landmarks in Los Angeles is the...more