The Jetpacker

Llamas And Tortoises And Bunnies, Oh My!

Zoos are cool, but until tigers learn to stop eating people, we'd rather play with the gentler animals. And we found just the place to do that: an out-of-this-world petting zoo called Zoomars in San Juan Capistrano, California.

The World’s Shortest Railway, The Oldest Open-Air Market In L.A. & Baseball At Dodger Stadium

Before watching the Dodgers and Angels clash in Los Angeles, we took a ride on the recently reopened Angels Flight and ate pupusas inside the Grand Central Market.

Escape From L.A. At The Getty Center

Looking to escape the gang warfare, gridlocked traffic and botox advertisements in Los Angeles? Then head to the city's cultural mecca: the Getty Museum.

What Is The Mystery Behind The Winchester Mansion?

How do you explain why a mansion with 160 rooms was designed with windows in the floors, stairs to nowhere, and secret passageways? According to legend, it was built ... by ghosts.

Lombard Street, Painted Ladies & Golden Gate Bridge – San Francisco Day 2

Today we visited three of the biggest landmarks in San Francisco: the crooked Lombard Street, the Victorian houses at Alamo Square, and the stunning Golden Gate Bridge.

Weed, 100-Year Old Smut, And Meat In A Cone – San Francisco Day 1

Some of the coolest things in San Francisco are some of the most unusual: homeless people asking for marijuana, dirty pictures in a 100-year-old penny arcade viewer and lunch meat in a cone.

Double Rainbow In San Diego

It's raining unusually hard here in Southern California, but out of the darkness came this great photograph of a double rainbow.

The Biggest Sports Rivalry In Los Angeles

The football games between USC and UCLA are the biggest sports rivalry in Los Angeles. The rivalry was renewed again over the weekend in our first visit to one of the most famous landmarks in sports, the Coliseum.