If you are in town on a Sunday, you might combine your visit to Traveltown with a visit to Los Angeles Live Steamers Rail Museum just a few hundred yards down the road where your kiddo will likely have a chance to ride a miniature steam train.

Griffith Park (home of both of the above) also has a great historic carousel, the LA Zoo, the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, pony rides, the Griffith Observatory, and the famous Hollywood sign... Giving one plenty for a 6 y.o., although having a car is necessary to access much of it.