City of Angels
Griffith to the pier — LA's greatest hits in one golden day.
The full postcard: the Hollywood Sign from Griffith's terrace, handprints in the Chinese Theatre forecourt, 202 lampposts glowing outside LACMA, the world's shortest railway downtown, a book tunnel, Muscle Beach — and the finale where Route 66 runs out of continent at the Santa Monica Pier. It's LA, so yes: you'll drive. Golden hour is worth planning around.
The stops
The Sign from the terrace, team arranged to "hold up" the letters. +5 for a James Dean bust cameo in a second shot.
Find a star's handprints and match your hands to them on camera. Then find the Walk of Fame star of someone the whole team actually loves.
202 restored streetlamps. Cinematic wander-through photo — pretend you're in the rom-com; you are.
Ride all 298 feet of the 1901 funicular. Ticket + summit photo. Yes, the whole ride costs a dollar.
Open since 1917. Team eats something from a stall none of you can pronounce perfectly — order attempt on video.
Upstairs to the book tunnel. Photo through the arch of books — one teammate mid-page like they live there.
Boardwalk chaos + an outdoor gym since 1934. Team flex photo at the Muscle Beach sign — commitment over physique.
Finale: the "End of the Trail" Route 66 sign, then the Ferris wheel over the Pacific. The continent is over; so is the hunt.