Somewhere in the northern part of Nebraska… nestled between grass-covered hills… is a prehistoric watering hole where animals caught in a super volcano were fossilized.  The site is far enough away from the volcano, itself that death wasn’t instant. They died over the course of weeks after the eruption.

This is a working dig site, and if you’re lucky (or prepared) you can catch the paleontologists at work.

Bronze Statue, Two Rhinoceroses

The Rhino “Barn”… because calling it a Rhino death-house would be too honest.

Three Toed Horse.

To give you an idea of the size of the place, the excavation from a distance.

Immortalized in Bronze

Not so immortal. Here’s a fossil Tortoise.

Rhino Fetus under glass. Forgive the glare.

The Landscape around the park. There are a lot of acres to hike in.

This one was a little tough to find. Not many markers, and even the small towns nearby don’t seem to celebrate their catastrophic event de celebre. There were a handful of other people, mostly in the barn and the paved trails, and past that, I didn’t see anyone.