GRAY VACATION AT THE TEMPLE OF OIL, THE LA BREA TAR PITS

The central feature of the La Brea Tar Pits is the oil slicked Lake Pit, an abandoned asphalt mine which filled with groundwater and rain in the eighteenth century. Eventually fossils were discovered here, and the Tar Pits became a popular tourist attraction. Today the Pits seem like a quaint relic, however few things capture the essence of Los Angeles as well as this man made disaster.