Khon Kaen is a province on the highland of the Northeast. The city of Khon Kaen grows very fast. There are wide streets, modern office buildings, banks, business offices, schools and a university. Outside the city, in the areas where irrigation canals from Ubolrat Dam can reach, people can grow eucalyptuses. Khon Kaen silk industry is well- known all over the country. There are many interesting places in Khon Kaen, such as a small lake called Bung Kaennakorn and Phuviang National Museum which exhibits skeletons, fossils and footprints of dinosaurs.