Full Dinosaur Quest
Cabazon, CA – Mr. Rex’s Dinosaur Adventure
Any child of the 80s will remember the giant Cabazon Dinosaurs from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. In an iconic scene, Pee Wee talks about life and dreams with his friend Simone inside the jaws of a huge T-Rex sculpture, and later runs for his life from her enraged boyfriend. Those massive dinosaur sculptures are real, and can still be found as...
Denver, CO -Denver Museum of Nature and Science (Baby edition – Part 2!)
I had some unfinished business to take care of at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The first time I went there years ago, I got pictures with the big Stegosaurus and one of the babies. (Which you can see in earlier entries on this site.) At the time I was there, the museum was about to close and in my haste I forgot to chronicle the...
Seattle, WA – Pacific Science Center
In 1962, as part of the Seattle World’s Fair, a beautiful new building was designed by Minoru Yamasaki, who later went on to create the original World Trade Center in New York. This landmark Seattle building became known as the Pacific Science Center, and features a center-courtyard with two huge reflecting pools. The day I went there, the...
Anchorage, AK – Alaska Museum of Science and Nature
This past year gave me a chance to tour parts of the world I’d never seen before. It was so thrilling to see unique places like Malmo, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland…while back on American soil, I got to visit Anchorage, Alaska for the first time. Our show the night before was in Vancouver, and it was so strange to get on a plane, fly 4 hours...
Bluff Creek, TN – Backyard Terrors Dinosaur Park
I was recently in Nashville, Tennessee recording the new Shadow Academy album. On my day off, I drove a few hours out to Bluff Creek to see Backyard Terrors, a wild dinosaur sculpture park that one determined man built in the forest behind his house. What a legend! The sculptures were accurate with all the latest science and very impressive to...