When visiting the Los Angeles and Hollywood area, considering viewing some of the final resting places of stars, moguls, celebrities and eccentric persons. Cemeteries in the Los Angeles area include the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, the Forest Lawn Memorial Park and the Mount Sinai Memorial Park. Information on celebrities who are buried in the Los Angeles area can be found on the Hollywood Underground website. The webmaster asks those visiting the cemeteries to be respectful of the grounds by not trespassing or breaking the rules of the memorial sites.
The Page Museum's La Brea Tar Pits are located in the heart of Los Angeles and offer visitors an array of fossils that extend as far back as the Ice Age. Step back in time to Los Angeles as it was 40,000 years ago and learn about the saber-tooth cats and mammoths that roamed the area. Visitors to the museum can also watch fossils and bones being cleaned and repaired, and view exhibits of extinct wild animals from the Ice Age. As of 2010, the museum charges around $7 for admission and is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30.p.m.
The Los Angeles Derby Dolls is an all-female roller derby league consisting of five teams. Roller derby dates back to the 1930's. In this updated version, teams of five players race around a 100-by-60-foot banked track in an effort to break through the opposing team and score. The Derby Dolls website lists the game schedule.
