The preeminent dinosaur museum in the southwest is the Arizona Museum of Natural History located in Mesa. Displays of life-size Brontosaurus can be found in Dinosaur Hall. Further research has shown that approximately 144 million years ago these magnificent creatures roamed Arizona.

At the intersection at Southern and Rural in Tempe you can find the Tempe Public Library complex. This library does not just offer two floors of books for all ages, but also holds public computers for anyone with a library card. In the building are also a variety of public services, and studded throughout are historic pictures of the Tempe that was.