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What would you do for love if you've never had it? Winner of seven Tony Awards, The Phantom of the Opera is a timeless Broadway classic about the nature of love, developing one's true talent, and letting love go....

Theater
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Niagara Power Project - Power Vista

Niagara Falls, New York

Good for School-Age Kids

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A power generation plant shouldn't be this much fun. Kids touch, pull, crank, twist, and bang their way through science projects and experiments that show how energy and electricity are generated and consumed. "Faster, Mommy! Faster!" said one school-age...

Science & Nature Museum
Theater

Queens County Farm

New York City, New York

Good for School-Age Kids

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The typical child's reaction to a goat nibbling feed out of his hands -- that combination of "ew!" and "cool!" -- is an experience in itself. At the 47-acre Queens County...

Petting Zoo

Times Square

New York City, New York

Good for Pre-Teens & Teens

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Your kids will stare in awe at the massive billboards amid the neon lights, towering hotels, and high-priced souvenir shops that define Times Square, which is Midtown's leading attraction...

Neighborhood

Walt Whitman State Historic Birthplace Site

New York City, New York

Good for School-Age Kids

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A sense of Long Island history and culture graces the quaint grounds of American poet Walt Whitman's birthplace home. In these rooms, Whitman conceived his most famous work of art, Leaves of Grass....

Special Collection
Historical Landmark

Whirlpool Jet Boats

Niagara Falls, New York

Good for School-Age Kids

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Kids of all ages would gleefully scream their way through most of this 60 mph ride down the Niagara River, but only those ages 6 and older who are more than 44 inches tall can get on...

Rafting
Boat Tour
Boat Ride
Water

American Museum of Natural History

New York City, New York

Children will literally be shaking with pre-dinosaur-sighting excitement as they walk up the broad stone staircase of this world-famous museum...

Science & Nature Museum
History Museum
Children's Museum

Bronx Zoo

New York City, New York

Parents' top tips for going to this venerable zoo? Pack light and pack lunch (food options are limited and unappetizing). Taking a ride on the Skyfari -- an elevated tram ride...

Zoo
Petting Zoo

Central Park

New York City, New York

There is so much to do in this 843-acre park that it's practically worthy of a week all its own. To start, there's the Wollman Skating Rink during...

Park
Historical Landmark
Zoo

The Lion King

New York City, New York

More than 50 million people worldwide have discovered a visual feast of colorful costumes, lively dancing, and spirited characters in the Broadway prodution of The Lion King....