Sound of Silence Trail

The Mesozoic Era lasted from about 250 million to 65 million years ago. It saw the evolution, terrestrial dominance, and eventual extinction of the dinosaurs.

For most of the Mesozoic, western North America was hot and dry, and the area around ...

Fossil Discovery Trail

Travel through millions of years of history on the Fossil Discovery Trail. Long ago, dynamic forces pushed and tilted these layers of rock upward. Later, erosion exposed the layers as colorful ridges. Erosion also revealed remnants of ancient ecosystems ...

Allosaurus fragilis at the Quarry Exhibit Hall

Allosaurus, meaning "different delicate reptile," is a theropod (meat-eating dinosaur) that probably ate other smaller dinosaurs. Its teeth were up to 3 in (7.6 cm) long and serrated like steak knives for cutting flesh. Adults hunted by overpowering their prey, ...

Bank of Louisville

Designed and built by Gideon Shryock, father of Greek Revival architecture in Kentucky. Bank was chartered by General Assembly in 1832 and building completed in 1837.

Alice Virginia Coffin

Born on this street, Alice Virginia was one of seven founders of P.E.O., an international philanthropic and educational organization for women. It began as a sorority at the Iowa Wesleyan College, 1869; owns Cottey College in Missouri, and provides monetary ...

Aero Club of Louisville

Much of the early aviation history in Louisville is the result of the Aero Club of Louisville. Founding fathers included pilots returning from WWI & businessmen who saw the potential of aviation beyond military applications. A.H. Bowman, Sidney Park, and ...

Little Africa

Located west of 32nd and south of Garland Ave., "Little Africa" was the original African American section of Parkland. Settled in 1870s, African Americans first called it "Needmore." "Little Africa" evolved from a shantytown into a thriving community by 1920, ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site- Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg

Salzburg has managed to preserve an extraordinarily rich urban fabric, developed over the period from the Middle Ages to the 19th century when it was a city-state ruled by a prince-archbishop. Its Flamboyant Gothic art attracted many craftsmen and artists ...

Flattop Mountain

The gentle slopes atop Flattop Mountain are remnants of the erosion surface that happened almost 70 million years ago, when the Rocky Mountain uplift began. Giant blocks of ancient crystalline rock, overlain by younger sedimentary rock, broke and were ...

Old Fall River Road

From 1913-1920, Fall River Road was constructed as first road over the Continental Divide between Estes Park and Grand Lake. Prior to its completion, roads through the park were built by the state, meaning no federal jurisdiction had been ...