To find dinosaurs, you start by looking in the right places.

2. The Hidden Wilderness

Deep within the prairies of Alberta, in western Canada, lie some of the greatest dinosaur hunting grounds in the world. This great exposure of fossil-rich territory is entirely hidden. Just a couple of miles away, you would never even know it was there. When you have spent hours traveling through the surrounding level ranch lands it can make for quite a surprise to come upon this rugged wilderness of monsters and secrets. You arrive at a place where the ground suddenly drops away into the badlands, a gulf carved into time. The cliff's edge forms a sharp division between the world of today's Alberta prairies and a deeply ancient world filled with dinosaurs.