Neither Atlantis nor Pompei, these fenced-off ruins are all that remain after a 1929 landslide along an oceanfront San Pedro neighborhood. The slabs of concrete on the dirt-topped bluff have attracted the attention of seemingly every Instagrammer and tagger south of the 105. But there’s really not much to see here (your adventure-seeking spirit will be much more handsomely rewarded way down the coast at Laguna Beach’s Pirate Tower).
The more people talk about some standout secret, the less it’s, you know, secret. Something once hush-hush suddenly becomes everyone’s favorite Instagram spot, and any semblance of it being only for those in-the-know is gone.
We’ll fess up: We’re as guilty as any publication of glorifying L.A.’s best secrets. But you won’t find us calling these seven spots below “secret”—even though plenty of other Angelenos pretend their cover hasn’t been blown yet. But that’s alright: We still love them anyway—mostly.
