Darren Garnick

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Highway signs for the Route 1 Miniature Golf have for decades made the course hard to miss. (Sharon Brody/WBUR)

The Garnick family is pictured at the famous sixth hole, “Dinosaur’s Cave,” Sept. 2016. (Courtesy of the author) 

Thanks to its proximity to Route 1, the orange dinosaur has become a landmark to many. (Sharon Brody/WBUR)

At hole 16 of Route 1 Miniature Golf, Humpty Dumpty seems unaware of the construction around him. (Courtesy of the author)

Nostalgia Is A Big Orange Dinosaur

After more than 50 years, the old-fashioned miniature golf course off Route 1 in Saugus is closing. The spot is well known for its DayGlo orange T-rex that, from the sixth hole, gazes over the highway. Here, Louie Schraffa, 5, of East Boston, prepares for a putt on the dinosaur hole, Sept. 29, 2015. (Sharon Brody/WBUR)

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