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Los Angeles, CA
Celebrity gossip isn't the only thing they're digging up in L.A. There are mastadon fossils, too!
For tens of thousands of years, crude oil has seeped up through the earth because of the Salt Lake Oil Field beneath Hancock Park, forming pools thick enough to trap even the largest animals. The tar preserved the bones, and of the bones that have been excavated, cleaned, studied and recorded, the best are on display at the Page Museum.
Fossils of bison, mammoths, ground sloths and condors can be found inside the museum, along with fossilized plants, insect and more tiny organisms. Walking through the museum tells a fascinating story of prehistoric creatures that once roamed the area before shopping and double-decker buses took over.
Be sure you don't miss the informational short film detailing the history of the pits and the ongoing excavation of 23 large wooden boxes and 327 bucket of material taken from a site where fossils were found while constructing an underground parking garage. With several years' worth of material for paleontologists and volunteers to dig through and document, no doubt will the collection at the Page Museum be an ever-evolving story of creatures who did just fine for thousands of years without a Starbucks on every corner.
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