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In 1971, University of Nebraska State Museum paleontologist Michael Voorhies was walking with his wife Jane through a series of gullies on Melvin Colson's farm in northeastern Nebraska and made this discovery. [6] [7] The Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation purchased the Ashfall site in 1986. [8]
The Corn Palace, commonly advertised as The World's Only Corn Palace and the Mitchell Corn Palace, is a multi-purpose arena/facility located in Mitchell, South Dakota, United States. The Moorish Revival building is decorated with crop art ; the murals and designs covering the building are made from corn and other grains, and a new design is ...
The site is best known for a large number of well-preserved Miocene fossils, many of which were found at dig sites on Carnegie and University Hills.Fossils from the Harrison Formation and Anderson Ranch Formation, which date to the Arikareean in the North American land mammal classification, about 20 to 16.3 million years ago, are among some of the best specimens of Miocene mammals.
Name Image Date Location County Ownership Description Ashfall Fossil Beds: 2006: Orchard: Antelope: state historical park A rare example of a lagerstätten, a thick bed of volcanic ash, contains hundreds of extraordinarily complete skeletons of extinct mammals.
In the 2024 best of fall awards, ranking fall attractions across the United States in a variety of categories, The Great Vermont Corn Maze in Danville, the largest corn maze in New England, won ...
Landmark name Image Date established [5] Location County Description; 1: Homestead National Historical Park: March 19, 1936: Beatrice: Gage: The first claim made under the Homestead Act of 1862.
An aerial view shows the corn maze at Richardson Adventure Farm in Spring Grove, Illinois. The 28-acre maze is billed as the world's largest.
Cool Patch Pumpkins in Solano County has twice held the Guinness World Record for world's largest corn maze. Over the years, the maze has served as a towering 60-acre experiment in human psychology.