Dinosaur National Monument

It might seem bold to name a national monument after dinosaurs in general, but this place in far northwestern Colorado lives up to it. If it’s dinosaurs you’re after, head straight to the Quarry Exhibit Hall at the west end of the park, where more than 1,500 bones are viewable in astonishing detail from some Late Jurassic superstars, like the allosaurus and stegosaurus. (Yes, the monument saw a bump in visitorship the year “Jurassic Park” came out.) Beyond the bones are isolated and rugged canyons carved by the Green and Yampa rivers.