PHOTOS: The Best and Weirdest Roadside Dinosaurs
The concrete and plastic dinosaurs beside America's highways can be strange and beautiful. Tell us which one you think is the best
- By Brian Switek
- Smithsonian.com, September 07, 2012
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(David Rice)
Star-Spangled Theropod, Beloit, Wisconsin
This star-spangled theropod dinosaur perches in the vicinity of Beloit, Wisconsin. While the top half of the dinosaur is reminiscent of a tyrannosaur, the feet have weird lumps which look like the sickle claws of the “raptors;” maybe it is some kind of patriotic hybrid.
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Comments (5)
Hello Brian Switek, I was surprised to see no mention of Dinosaur World in Plant City Florida. It is not merely a single dinosaur used to attract attention to a road-side store et al, but rather it is an entire theme park devoted to dinosaurs of all types and sizes. As far as I know is it the largest Dinosaur themed park in the world and, in my humble opinion, should have received top billing in your review, as it is a very active and well maintained park devoted to dinosaurs...
Posted by Lawrence on March 4,2013 | 12:30 PM
Trixie" in all her 'arbored beauty is perhaps the most original one in the lot...loved all the others too--second choice the wrinkled-one who must have been the predecessor to the shar-pei.
Posted by dr. s.j. robinson on September 15,2012 | 01:38 PM
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Posted by Tobi Tabor on September 9,2012 | 02:08 PM
There are some seriously obscure/fun Dino's here, but there's a missing set: The Prehistoric Gardens in Oregon. Unforgettable!
Posted by Ed Casper on September 9,2012 | 12:49 PM
Although the one with lipstick and pearls was cute, I'd have to go with the one that "eats union soldiers" as my favorite.
Posted by jim scott on September 9,2012 | 08:18 AM