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Cabazon Dinosaurs, Cabazon, CA

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Cabazon Dinosaurs

Meet Dinny and Mr. Rex, two giant roadside dinosaurs off Interstate 10, then walk among more than 100 others.

50770 Seminole Dr · Cabazon, CA

About Cabazon Dinosaurs

Two giant dinosaurs stand beside Interstate 10 west of Palm Springs: Dinny, a 150-foot-long brontosaurus, and Mr. Rex, a 65-foot-tall Tyrannosaurus. Sculptor Claude K. Bell started Dinny in 1964 to draw customers to his Wheel Inn restaurant, and the site became famous through the 1985 film Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Today the park adds more than 100 other dinosaurs, a dino dig, a fossil and gemstone panning sluice, and a gift shop inside the Apatosaurus.

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