Dinosaur State Park, Connecticut

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 ...

Marveled at Jurassic-era footprints

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Dinosaur State ParkSightMarveled at Jurassic-era footprints
Elsewhere
Royal Tyrrell MuseumMuseumDrumheller, CanadaCurator Caleb Brown works here
Dinosaur Provincial ParkSightDrumheller, Canadahighest concentration of Late Cretaceous dinosaur fossils
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
Prehistoric Trackways National MonumentSightNew Mexico, United StatesFound fossilized footprints of amphibians and reptiles
Bonebed Express HikePlaceDrumheller, CanadaVisited a bed the size of a football field
AlbertosaurusSightDrumheller, CanadaTheropod tooth passed around on tour
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