There's also the pier at Santa Barbara (can't think of the name at the moment), the Wild Animal Park in San Diego, Temecula Wine Country, Legoland, and the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway.
Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, Universal Studios, San Diego Zoo, Seaworld, a drive on Sunset Blvd, Rodeo Drive, Santa Monica Pier, Queen Mary, Six Flaggs in Valencia, Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament and that is just a few off the top of my head.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.