We often think it preferable to keep a polite distance from those who protect and serve, but this former police station in Highland Park is worth a trek. A nonprofit that's much beloved by Black Dahlia author James Ellroy, the Los Angeles Police Museum opened in 2001 with lots of noir style inside: The first name printed on every page of the sign-in book is Dragnet star Jack Webb's. A popular place for movie shoots, it still has its old jail cells and features displays of LAPD uniforms,... More »
