It’s where I spent a great part of my childhood. Take time to visit the Long Beach neighborhood of Naples, a series of islands in Alamitos Bay. Each of the islands features a canal to the bay. You may want to make time for a gondola ride. —Jon Jerde, The Jerde Partnership

On Manchester and La Cienega in Inglewood near LAX—don’t stop, just take note. Any donut that large is design worthy. — Mark McVay, SmithGroup

A curvaceous landscape in green and rusted oil infrastructure (in the middle of the city). —Florencia Pita, fpmod

Drive from the beach to downtown, and there’s plenty to see. —Lorcan O’Herlihy, Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects

—Robin Perkins, selbert perkins design collaborative

—Hadrian Predock, Predock_Frane