The La Brea Tar Pits Museum is the most popular natural history museum in Los Angeles. Here, guests can explore the La Brea Tar Pits, see remains of some of the animals that were once stuck in them and explore displays focusing on the geology of the region. More than one million animals were found in the tar pits.

If you love mountain views, thinking in the long term is definitely the way to go when in Los Angeles. Scientists using satellite-surveying techniques have discovered that the city is moving east towards the San Gabriel Mountains at a rate of one inch a year!