The pleasant climate of Hawthorne is a source of inspiration
for knowledge and arts. The area is flourishing ground for
Arts and artists. It has provided grooming ground for many a
budding artists who went on to become the world renown figures.
Tourists have always been fascinated by institutes nestled here
and have become major tourists attractions. Some of them are.
Watts Towers:
The Watts Towers, 6.6 miles from the inn, a unique form of architecture
built single handedly by Italian immigrant construction worker
Sabato after 33 years of tireless efforts and imagination. The
Watts Towers in the Watts district of Los Angeles, California,
is a collection of 17 interconnected structures and decorated
with damaged pieces from the Malibu Pottery, two of these towers
reach heights of over 99 feet (30 m). The Towers are visible
from the 103rd Street-Kenneth Hahn Station of the Metro Rail LACMTA
Blue Line.
Sony Pictures Studios:
The Sony Pictures Studios are located on 10202 West Washington
Boulevard in Culver City, California (8.2 miles) They are bounded
by Culver Boulevard (south), Washington Boulevard (north), Overland
Avenue (West) and Madison (East) and is home to world dominating
movie moguls Sony Corporation’s Sony Pictures Entertainment
division and its studios, Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures
California Science
Center: The California Science
Center just 8.4 miles from the inn, is a public-private partnership
between the State and the California Science Center Foundation.
The California Science Center is a state agency and museum located
in Exposition Park, Los Angeles. Billed as the West Coast's largest
hands-on science center. The Museum remodeled in 1998 currently
consists of the IMAX Theater, the Sketch Foundation Gallery -
Air and Space Exhibits and the Science Center itself. The California
Science Center hosts the California State Science Fair annually.
Museum of Neon Art: The Museum of Neon
Art (MONA) was founded in 1981 by Lili Lakich and Richard Jenkins
to a encourage learning through the preservation, collection,
and interpretation of neon art. The museum is located at 136 West
Fourth Street in Los Angeles, California about 11.5 miles from
inn, and is devoted to art built using neon lighting. This includes
the preservation of old neon signs as well as display of original
fine art and kinetic art.