Bonebed Express Hike, Drumheller

AfarOct 22

I’ve Gone Fossil Hunting Around the World, and This Is the Best Place to See Dinosaur Bones

Millions of years of erosion of clay and sandstone have created the unique landscape of the Alberta badlands, where dinosaur bones can often be found poking right out of the ground. Dinosaur ...

Visited a bed the size of a football field

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Royal Tyrrell MuseumMuseumCurator Caleb Brown works here
Dinosaur Provincial ParkSighthighest concentration of Late Cretaceous dinosaur fossils
Bonebed Express HikePlaceVisited a bed the size of a football field
AlbertosaurusSightTheropod tooth passed around on tour
Elsewhere
Museum of Natural HistoryMuseumNew York City, United StatesObsessed with looming dinosaur skeletons as a child
Morris MuseumMuseumMorristown, United StatesObsessed with dinosaur eggs as a child
Dinosaur State ParkSightConnecticut, United StatesMarveled at Jurassic-era footprints
Prehistoric Trackways National MonumentSightNew Mexico, United StatesFound fossilized footprints of amphibians and reptiles
the DorianHotelCalgary, CanadaOscar Wilde-themed, one-Michelin-key hotel

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I’ve Gone Fossil Hunting Around the World, and This Is the Best Place to See Dinosaur Bones