La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, CA : Reviews of La Brea Tar Pits

OverviewOnce upon a time, Rancho La Brea was only a Mexican land grant. Now a park, the tar pits have been the world's richest deposit of Ice Age fossils. More than 40,000 years ago... more

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Weird thing to find in the middle of a major...

by jamidwyer

Nestled between a Staples and a Starbucks, why, it's a pit of tar from which they've excavated the remains of all kinds of unfortunate...more

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by spa.brat

The tar pits are fun both inside and out. For the price, you would think the musuem would be larger, but it is still intresting. This...more

Tarpit delight

by disappointed...

Excellent visit. Exciting to see actual tarpits that are being excavated and smell the tar bubbling and oozing just like years ago...more

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