30 Before 30: Griffith Park Observatory

I can't fully cross this one off yet, because we went up when the museum was closed and only explored the grounds. So, I guess this one is 1/2 of 1/5? 1/10? But - I loved the Griffith Park Observatory when I was a kid. We went up often - you could even see the house we lived in if you looked hard enough - so even though I knew the museum was closed (we went on a Monday), we went up anyway.

"26. See the LA sites/museums I've been meaning to go to for years: the Getty Villa, the LA Arboretum, the Urban Light installation at LACMA, and Griffith Park for the Griffith Park Observatory and Travel Town."

One of the coolest things about the Griffith Park Observatory is its clear view of the Hollywood sign! You can't see it too well here, but it's there on the right.

Actually, all the views are spectacular, especially at sunset!

The building is so iconic and lovely.

The downtown LA skyline from the back of the observatory.

There was this very cool biplane circling around, and you can just barely see it in this photo - look for the black speck on a cloud towards the top left of the photo. Can you imagine the amazing view they had from the plane???

I'll have to go back to the observatory to complete this one, but that's not exactly a hardship. I know they did massive renovations to it, but I hope it still reminds me of the awesome place I visited as a kid!