Once a dirt road, the 1.5-mile stretch of Wilshire Boulevard we call “Miracle Mile” is now home to iconic institutions like the LA County Museum of Art (LACMA), the La Brea Tar Pits and the Screen Actors Guild / AFTRA. Though it was originally designed as a commercial district catering to customers in cars, today a 15-minute walk takes you by Museum Row, bustling restaurants and Art Deco treasures. The development continues with major construction on museums, additional renovations and the Metro Purple Line Extension.
Contemporary art without attitude.
Over one million Ice Age fossils have been unearthed in the heart of Miracle Mile. The museum offers a variety of exhibits for a family-friendly admission price. In the fossil lab, watch paleontologists clean and catalogue findings. Outside, check out Pit 91, which is still being excavated. The free park area offers shady lunchtime seating, and the lake of bubbling asphalt, with life-sized models of a trapped Columbian mammoth and American mastodon, is food for thought.
