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La Brea Tar Pits

Los Angeles, USA

La Brea Tar Pits
Photo by Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Active asphalt seeps in the middle of the city that have trapped Ice Age megafauna for 50,000 years. The adjacent museum displays the saber-toothed cats, mammoths, and dire wolves excavated from the bubbling tar.

Hours: 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM

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