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Triceratops.
Port Orange, Florida

Bongoland Ruins

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.
29.1416, -81.0067
Added by FraeuleinS
Prehistoric Forest Amusement Park.
Onsted, Michigan

Prehistoric Forest Amusement Park

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.
42.0562, -84.1517
Added by mirandaray
Up close and personal with the T-Rex.
Concepción, Chile

Plaza Jurásica

Full-scale dinosaurs dominate the forested park in the middle of Chile’s second city.
-36.8157, -73.0314
Added by Capemarsh
Model of a partial dinosaur skeleton.
Laurel, Maryland

Laurel Dinosaur Park

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.
39.0708, -76.8686
Added by WhiskeyBristles
A Union soldier in the jaws of a dinosaur.
Natural Bridge, Virginia

Dinosaur Kingdom II

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.
37.6490, -79.5248
Added by bryanwoerner
Bluff City, Tennessee

Backyard Terror's Dinosaur Park

A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.
36.4391, -82.2311
Added by katiecoffeebialy
The Couple with a Dream—To Build a Historically Accurate Dinosaur Hotel
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The Couple with a Dream—To Build a Historically Accurate Dinosaur Hotel

December 02, 2015
"The Greatest Heart."
Sanborn Township, Michigan

Dinosaur Gardens

One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.
44.9168, -83.4386
Added by funkstart
How New Yorkers Became Convinced That Dinosaur Bones Were Buried in Central Park
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How New Yorkers Became Convinced That Dinosaur Bones Were Buried in Central Park

October 20, 2015
Tyrannosaurus Wrecks: The Most Delightfully Derpy Dinosaur Parks You'll Ever Drive Past
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Tyrannosaurus Wrecks: The Most Delightfully Derpy Dinosaur Parks You'll Ever Drive Past

August 12, 2015
Dinosaur State Park
Rocky Hill, Connecticut

Dinosaur State Park

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.
41.6512, -72.6585
Added by Opinicus
Dinosaur Valley State Park
Glen Rose, Texas

Dinosaur Valley State Park

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.
32.2412, -97.8087
Added by EricGrundhauser
Petrified Creatures Museum of Natural History
Richfield Springs, New York

Petrified Creatures Museum of Natural History

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.
42.8534, -74.9854
Added by kellyandeath
The Rock and Fossil and Dinosaur Shop
Deerfield, Massachusetts

The Rock and Fossil and Dinosaur Shop

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.
42.4929, -72.6106
Added by morgicorgi
Dinosaurland
White Post, Virginia

Dinosaurland

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
39.0554, -78.1414
Added by brf2001
The tyrannosaurus rex greets visitors.
Port Orford, Oregon

Prehistoric Gardens

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.
42.6118, -124.3922
Added by samreeve
Borrego Springs, California

Galleta Meadows Estate

Metal Jurassic Park on the side of a California highway.
33.2877, -116.3755
Dino bones.
Xilin Gol, China

Dinosaurs Fairyland

Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.
43.7208, 112.0114
Added by Dampo