The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles is a favorite milieu of the motion picture industry. The structure and its interior have been featured in numerous films, including Rebel Without a Cause, Terminator, Bowfinger, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, the Rocketeer, and the James Bond flick GoldenEye. It also served as MacGyver's home in the television series of the same name.

New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Los Angeles is the city never at rest. The entire city is actually drifting east. Scientists believe the tectonic plates under the city are pushing it slightly each year closer to the San Gabriel Mountains. If your grandchildren love science, share this fact with them and take them to one of the many children’s science museums in the Los Angeles area.