Billing itself as the world's largest arts complex, the Brewery is a compound of several buildings in an industrial neighborhood where artists live and work. With a cafe, a gallery, and two well-attended art walks each year, there's plenty of traffic from the ogling public through it.

The art may not be the sort that gets international acclaim, but many Brewery artists make a living at what they're doing. And there's no other place in LA that better typifies the gritty ascetic if the artist's lifestyle. The bi-annual art walks are the perfect opportunity to meet the artists and see their work.