Unearthing the story behind Evanston’s signature fossil shop and museum

Unearthing the story behind Evanston’s signature fossil shop and museum

Dave’s Down to Earth Rock Shop has been around since 1970, but the contents of its basement have witnessed all of human history and another three billion years beyond that. Featuring gemstones, fossils and jewelry on the ground floor and a museum in the basement, the shop is one of the largest private-owned fossil collections…