Dinosaur Land (Virginia)

The park has more than fifty dinosaur statues; the differing styles of the recreations demonstrate changing anatomical knowledge and aesthetic design over the decades.

[1][2] Geraci admired other dinosaur sculptures created by James Q. Sidwell, a dinosaur replica designer for the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, and commissioned Sidwell to create sculptures for a gift shop.

[3][1] The site was started with five dinosaurs created with wooden frames covering wire mesh and fiberglass; new sculptures were added regularly throughout the years.

[5] The site also includes non-dinosaur figures, such as a 70-foot purple octopus, a 60-foot-long shark, and a King Kong statue which provides a photo opportunity with visitors standing in its oversized hand.

[1] Figures representing horror creatures such as Dracula and the Mummy were removed after they proved too frightening for younger children.

Sculptures of a Titanosaurus and a Tyrannosaurus engaged in an "epic battle"