Full Dinosaur Quest
Port Orange, FL – Bongoland Ruins
Deep in Central Florida is a beautiful botanical garden known as Dunlawton Plantation. Originally a plantation used to grow and process sugar cane, the land has been used for many different purposes over the past century, including one attempt to convert it into a dinosaur-themed tourist attraction in the 1950s. Several concrete and wire-framed...
Ogden, UT – Eccles Dinosaur Park
My second trip to the Eccles Dinosaur Park gave me a chance to get more acquainted with their Hesperosaurus display, who, if you remember from previous entries, is a type of Stegosaur that has a slightly different head shape as well as rounder back plates than its more famous cousin. As always, there is some debate whether these qualities...
Aathal, SWITZERLAND – Saauriermuseum Aathal
I really hit the jackpot with the Aathal Dinosaur Museum! Located about half an hour outside of Zurich, the “Sauriermuseum” as it’s called out there actually houses 4 complete Stegosaur skeletons within its walls. A ridiculous number! You’ll definitely be hearing more about this place in future entries, but the first specimen I wanted to...
Morrison, CO – Morrison Natural History Museum
Stegosaurus is officially the state dinosaur of Colorado. Seriously, they love ‘em out there. Colorado even features Stegosaurus on one of the state's vanity-style license plates that you can purchase. You’d better BELIEVE I’d have one of those if I could. Anyway, since this is one of the areas that so many of the most famous Stego skeletons...
Cave City, KY – Dinosaur World
While on tour in Tennessee, I was able to sneak away for a little bit to visit Dinosaur World in Cave City, Kentucky. There are actually a few different locations of this franchise around the US, each featuring a walking path that takes you through a forest with lots of dinosaur statues blended into the environment. It’s such a cool idea, and...