Go on road trip? Check out these roadside attractions and museums.
World's Largest Ball of Paint
In 1977,Michael Carmichael created the biggest ball of paint. Starting with a baseball as the center, he painted layer(层)after layer. After over 20,000 layers of paint,the ball weighs over 1,300 pounds. Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history.
Dinosaur Park
The land can be found outside Rapid City. On a hill overlooking the city,dinosaurs made out of brightly painted concrete(混凝土)stand guard. The park was built as a work project in 1936 by Debbie Sardone. The five dinosaurs are life﹣sized and can be seen from miles away.
The Museum of Dirt
The museum is the idea of Glenn Johnson. Labeled glass bottle contain dirt from the Great Wall of China and sand from a desert in Saudi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France, Johanson has collected material from the Amazon River and from Times Square after a New Year's Eve celebration, lava(火山岩)from Mt Fuji in Japan and shells from the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Best of all, visiting this museum is free.
Paper House
Ellis Stenman built a two﹣room house almost completely out of newspapers in 1922.At that time,"recycling" wasn't even a word yet.The house was framed(框起来)with wood,but the walls were made of 215 layers of newspapers. The furniture was also made of newspapers. In all, it used about 100,000 newspapers.
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(1)If you want to paint the balls, you can visit .
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Paper House
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Dinosaur Park
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World Largest Ball of Paint
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The Museum of Dirt
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(2)The five dinosaurs in Dinosaur park can be seen from miles away because .
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They were built on a hill
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They were built outside Rapid City
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They were made out of brightly painted concrete
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They were built to be as big as the real one
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(3) is free for visitors.
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Paper House
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Dinosaur Park
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The museum of Dirt
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World Largest Ball of Paint
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(4)Paper house was created by .
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Glenn Johanson
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Ellis Stenman
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Michael Carmichael
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Debbie Sardone
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(5)You can see from Times Square after a New Year's Eve celebration in the Museum of Dirt.
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material
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shells
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sand
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lava
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