Long Beach, California

Make sure not to miss the Aquarium of the Pacific (minimum 3 hours). Charter fishing is also dirt cheap out of downtown at Pierpont Landing. The Queen Mary. Whale watching. Public tram and aqua bus syatem is great. Southern California has all types of cool areas. I love LA! don't knock it-it would be like visiting New Jersey and judging the entire USA after a visit to only Newark. Welcome to as my dear friend and LB resident calls it "Wrong Beach". It was just right for me