The Field Museum's 10 Hidden Gems
Most visitors to Chicago's Field Museum squeeze in only a fraction of the 480,000 artifacts on display. Here are 10 don't-miss finds.
Fossils underfoot
Look down for fossils imbedded in the Stanley Field Hall's gray limestone floor. Docent Thomas Delahunty uses a laser pointer to help visitors spot screw-shape Archimedes, willowy crinoids (called sea lilies), coral and trilobites. The stone comes from quarries in Carthage, Missouri, where there was a prehistoric sea.
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