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The following post is part of the LAist Fall Guide, sponsored by Lexus.Halloween in Los Angeles is serious business and there’s some kind of spooktacular event for you, no matter what kind of inappropriate costume you are planning to wear.

The following post is part of the LAist Fall Guide, sponsored by Lexus.Los Angeles has a fascinating architectual history and even long-time Angelinos have enjoyed and learned something new on The Los Angeles Conservancy tours. The most popular tour is the Historic Core Walking tour, which is offered every Saturday and takes two and a half hours. Starting at Pershing Square, the tour stops by the Biltmore Hotel, the Pacific Mutual Building, the Subway Terminal Building, Grand Central Market, and much more, before ending at with a visit to the interior of the Bradbury Building, the landmark made famous by Blade Runner.

The following post is part of the LAist Fall Guide, sponsored by Lexus.Sequoia National Park is a four-hour drive from L.A. and a completely different world from the city. The perfect weekend trip, there’s something to discover in the park for everyone, whether you’re looking for a strenuous hike or a gentle stroll. Experienced hikers can scale the Mineral King valley, with eleven steep alpine trails, while less experienced hikers can take a short, shady walk to Roaring River Falls, and watch a powerful waterfall gush through a granite chute. Walk to see the world’s largest tree, the General Sherman tree; take a candlelight tour of Crystal Cave, a marble cave with a subterranean stream and impressive rock formations; or a take a guided horseback ride.

Cheese, cheese, cheese. And we don’t mean the kind on screen. Los Angeles is a cheese madhouse, with cheese being only second to traffic as the favorite conversation topic in the city. If you’re looking to buy, visit the Cheese Store of Beverly Hills, the Artisan Cheese Gallery in Studio City, or the Cheese Store of Silver Lake. Or visit the farmers’ markets for fresh local cheese or head to the headquarters of Gioia,...

Take a drive down Orange County’s scenic coast, peppered with romantic spots by the sea. Start by visiting Mission San Juan Capistrano, the only one of the state’s twenty-one missions in Orange County and made famous by the 1940s song “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano.” The history of California’s missions is part of every California schoolchild’s curriculum, but the missions’ beauty far exceeds the dry text of an elementary school textbook. In...