August 04, 2016 at 03:53PM

Hi all! I’m Mar (@bottlefingers) and I’ll be taking over the baton today and showing you some of my favorite spots and scenes from the triangle–mostly Durham. I’ll start with my absolute favorite landmark: the old brontosaurus across the street from the Durham Museum of Life and Science. It’s been standing since 1964. Since this is Durham, it is of course an artisanal dinosaur ;) – it was built by hand by a guy named Richard Wescott who came to the US from Britain as a “war bride” after WWII. He headed the Museum of Life and Science for many years. (You can imagine the culture shock he likely had to deal with going from London to Durham back in the 1950s. Some of us transplants to the area can probably relate! But I’m guessing none of us built a life size brontosaurus as our coping mechanism.) @bottlefingers #durm #durham #durhamnc #nc #northcarolina #raleigh #chapelhill #rdu #researchtriangle #researchtrianglepark #dinosaur #brontosaurus / on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/BIswAoiBOwz/

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