Dinosaur Sighting: Funky Sculptures

Even though some roadside dinosaur parks may be going extinct, there are still plenty of funky dinosaur sculptures standing on the side of highways and in front of gift shops. These two, photographed by Smithsonian staffer Erik Washam, stand outside of the Crystal Forest Museum Gift Shop in Holbrook, Arizona. They look a little worn down, but that adds a little something to their appeal.

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Riley Black is the author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs and many other books. She is a science correspondent for Smithsonian magazine covering fossils and natural history, and she writes about the prehistoric past for a variety of publications.