Cabazon Dinosaurs

Two giant steel and concrete dinosaurs dubbed Mr. Rex and Dinny the Dinosaur are shown at Cabazon Dinosaurs, originally known as Claude Bell's Dinosaurs, a roadside attraction in Cabazon, California. The 65-foot-tall (20 m) Tyrannosaurus rex and the 150-foot-long (46 m) Brontosaurus are visible from the freeway to oncoming traffic on Southern California's Interstate 10. The Pee-Big wee's Adventure movie is well known for featuring the roadside dinosaurs (1985). Additionally, the enormous dinosaurs in California's desert will be recognizable to viewers of the cult classic film "Pee-Big wee's Adventure."

Claude Bell, a sculptor and theme park artist, started building the dinosaurs in 1964 in an effort to increase business at the Wheel Inn, a local eatery (open from 1958 to 2013). Bell's family sold the home in the middle of the 1990s after his death in 1988 at the age of 91. Since then, a roadside creationist museum and gift shop have been located at Cabazon Dinosaurs.

A dinosaur open-air museum featuring fiberglass and robotic replicas is another part of the Cabazon Dinosaurs attraction. Other activities at the location include a sand pit where guests can participate in a "dino dig" and a sluice for panning gemstones and fossils. Visitors can take a tour of the area, which includes a dinosaur exhibit with more than 50 specimens, and even climb inside the reptiles.

Location: Cabazon, California