Dinosaur Gardens, in Ossineke, Mich., is home to 25 life-size dinosaurs along a half-mile forested path. Visit Alpena From 1930 to 1932, he built a home, three rental cabins and a gas station/art ...

When Sir Richard Owen used the term 'dinosaur' in the 1840s, it applied to discoveries made decades earlier. ... The claim: Dinosaurs aren’t real and were only 'invented' in the 1800s.

In short, kids having dinosaurs as a special interest makes a lot of sense. But I still don’t know why an interest in dinosaurs, specifically, is so common. I try to figure out the answer at source.