Day Trip: Travel Back In Time at The Dinosaur Place in Oakdale Connecticut
Thanks to a reader tip, we recently left the city and traveled back in time to wilds of Eastern Connecticut to spend the day at The Dinosaur Place at Nature’s Art, where kids can explore a family...
View ArticleAdventure Awaits at the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey
All aquariums have tropical fish, penguins and some sort of seal or sea lion, but what they don’t have are the amazing touch tanks offered at the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey. Nearly every...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Day Trip: 13 Fun Things to Do With Kids
Just 100 miles from New York City, Philadelphia makes for an entertaining and educational day trip, especially with Memorial Day weekend and summer vacation coming up. The City of Brotherly Love has a...
View ArticlePennsylvania Dutch Country: 7 Fun Things to Do in Lancaster County with Kids
Although Pennsylvania Dutch Country is only 150 miles from New York City, once you arrive you feel like you're worlds (and centuries) away. There are bucolic fields full of corn, alfalfa and tobacco,...
View ArticleMaple Sugaring Weekend Day Trips Near New York City
As much as we love NYC there are some things you just can’t do here. One those things is maple sugaring, the process of transforming sticky, tasteless tree sap into sweet syrup. Maple trees only grow...
View ArticleNYC Whale Watching for Kids: Where to See Dolphins and Whales in and Around...
My eight-year-old son has been obsessed with whales practically since birth. We have a giant humpback painted on his bedroom wall, have spent countless hours under the massive Blue Whale in the...
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