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Morrison Fossil Area National Natural Landmark, CO - The landmark's outstanding Dinosaur Ridge is peppered with dinosaur tracks, and remains one of the world's most famous dinosaur fossil locales. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Wyoming Dinosaur Center, Thermpolis, WY - The center's Hall of Dinosaurs includes a Triceratops and "The Thermopolis Specimen," which consists of the most complete and best preserved Archaeopteryx remains in the world. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY - One of the largest and most prestigious museums in the world, head for the museum's Hall of Ornithischian Dinosaurs or the Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, Woodland Park, CO - Engaging tours led by knowledgeable visitor guides take in the center's two remarkable fossil exhibit halls. Look out for the Dolichorhynchops! (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Dinosaur Valley State Park, Glen Rose, TX - Around 113 million years ago dinosaurs roamed the shoreline of an ancient sea, in an area today marked by the valley's Paluxy River. The tracks they left in the soft mud eventually fossilized and can be admired today. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL - The mind-blowing attractions at this premier natural history museum include the Evolving Planet exhibition and its extraordinary dinosaur hall, with dinosaurs from every era.

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Mammoth Site and Museum, Hot Springs, SD - An active paleontological dig site, this is the world's mammoth research facility, located around a prehistoric sinkhole.

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Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill, CT - The Jurassic-era sandstone-embedded fossil tracks at Rocky Hill constitute one of the largest dinosaur track sites in North America.  (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Petrified Forest National Park, AZ - The park encloses the Rainbow Forest, named for the astonishing abundance of colorful petrified wood. They are the fossils of fallen trees that lived in the Late Triassic Period, about 225 million years ago. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Petrified Forest National Park's Rainbow Forest Museum, AZ - The museum, essentially a visitor center, features various paleontological exhibits. Kids should head for the Blue Mesa Room. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH - Seek out the museum's must-see exhibit, Dunkleosteus terrelli, the terrifying fossil fish skull. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. - The museum's Hall of Dinosaurs amazes with its 46 examples of complete specimens. Top of the food chain is the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, CA - Metropolitan LA is perhaps the last place you'd expect to find the remains of mammoths and saber-toothed cats. Then again, La Brea is the world's only active, urban Ice Age excavation site. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Cleveland, UT - The quarry is celebrated for containing the densest concentration of Jurassic-era dinosaur fossils ever discovered. The visitor center displays some outstanding finds. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Fossil Butte National Monument, Kemmerer, WY - Some of the world's richest fish fossils have been unearthed at the monument, together with insects, plants, reptiles, and mammals, all dating back from 56 to 34 million years ago. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA - The ancient denizens of Drexel's Dinosaur Hall number more than 30 species, half of which are full skeletal mounts. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Prehistoric Trackways National Monument, Las Cruces, NM - The tracks and footprints of countless amphibians, reptiles, and insects, dating back 280 million years, are preserved at Las Cruces. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN - The world's largest children's museum draws wide-eyed kids to its amazing Cretaceous dinosaur habitat.  (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park, Austin, NV - The park is home to an extensive concentration of Ichthyosaurs, an ancient marine reptile that inhabited the waters of an ocean that covered central Nevada 225 million years ago.  (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO - Embark on the museum's Prehistoric Journey, a time travel treat that begins 3.5 billion years ago. The dinosaur battle is awesome! (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, MT - Dino fans have a field day here. The museum houses the largest collection of dinosaur remains in the United States. The facility is part of the Montana Dinosaur Trail.  (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX - The museum's Morian Hall of Paleontology features the Leonardo Exhibit, the most perfectly fossilized plant-eating dinosaur ever discovered! (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA - The Dinosaurs in their Time is the museum's core exhibition, and features over 230 specimens, of which 75% are original fossils. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, GA - Fernbank's showpiece exhibit is the gigantic Argentinosauras, the largest known dinosaur to ever walk the earth. It shares the spotlight with Giganotosaurus. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Kimberly, OR - Embedded in the monument's stunning Painted Hills is a diverse assemblage of leaf fossils, some around 39 million years old. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT - The state's paleontological discoveries are showcased at this museum, including the world's largest collection of horned dinosaur skulls. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Badlands National Park, SD - Follow the imaginative Fossil Exhibit Trail where fossils uncovered in the park are on display. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Kanab, UT - Vast and remote, this rugged environment is a fertile hunting ground for paleontologists. Since 2000, numerous dinosaur fossils over 75 million years old have been unearthed across the monument. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Sam Noble Museum, Norman, OK - Housed in the University of Oklahoma, the museum's Hall of Ancient Life allows visitors to gaze upon the massive skeletons of beasts that lived 65 million years ago. (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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Dinosaur Museum, Blanding, UT - Dino lovers have great fun at Blanding's quirky museum facility. Exhibition include an overview of how dinosaurs have been depicted in movies.  (Photo: CC by 2.0)

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