Inside Mesa’s Arizona Museum Of Natural History, Young Explorers Encounter Towering Dinosaurs Face To Face

A three-story mountain stands indoors here, and every so often a flash flood comes roaring down its face. Thunder rumbles. Lightning flickers. Animatronic dinosaurs move and roar along the ledges while the water rushes past. That alone would be enough for most kids. But this Arizona museum also lets them dig for dinosaur eggs, pan for gold, and wander through real territorial jail cells. A megalodon jaw eight feet wide hangs overhead too. I like how the whole place mixes science with a little sh