Nominated by locals

Ashfall Fossil Beds

A hidden gem in Nebraska

Near Royal, a working dig under a barn-like shelter where 200-plus complete rhino and horse skeletons lie exactly where a volcanic ashfall buried them 12 million years ago.

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