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Blast back to the 1970s with a driving tour of Los Angeles The 1970s turned 50 in 2020. The LA Conservancy is celebrating with a self-driving tour that includes the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, left. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Feb. 4, 2021 7:30 AM PT Design and illustrations by Jade Cuevas Good morning, Golden State travelers. This week’s adventures take us to some surprising locales — the first Whale Heritage Site in the country, a waterfall in Yosemite National Park and back-to-the-'70s Los Angeles. Whether you take these trips this weekend — or save them for later �...

I can't travel, but a girl can dream. So I'm learning Italian until the day I can fly Sara Cagle © Provided by The LA Times I'm dreaming of — and learning a new language for — the day when I can travel again. (Ross May / Los Angeles Times; Getty Images) Every morning, for half an hour, I go to Italy. I roll my Rs and gesture emphatically while chatting with market vendors about winter produce, cafe owners about my travels and my summer romance about our wildest dreams. Except I’m really on my couch in Los Angeles. The Duolingo language-learning app chirps on my phone ...

Dream — and plan — about where you'll travel again with these new virtual reality services Rosemary McClure © Provided by The LA Times (Ross May / Los Angeles Times; Getty Images) I scared myself silly the other night on a Gangsters and Ghosts walking tour of Chicago. The evening was frosty — a slurry of snow and rain swirling through the air — and the scene eerie, a deserted walkway along the Chicago River, dark waters lapping at the bank. My tour guide, Lauren, told spine-chilling tales about jilted lovers, murderous masterminds and fires that killed hundreds as w...