New York
American Museum of Natural History
www.amnh.org79th Street and Central Park West
New York, NY 10024
(212) 769-5100
Book a sleepover adventure tour and enjoy the dinosaurs and whales at night.
CHELSEA PIERS
www.chelseapiers.com23rd Street and the Hudson River
New York, NY 10011
(212) 336-6666
Golf in the summer, ice hockey in the winter and everything in between. Chelsea Piers has it all.
HAYDEN PLANETARIUM
www.haydenplanetarium.org175 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024
(212) 769-5100
The Hayden Planetarium makes stargazing possible in the middle of New York City.
TRAPEZE SCHOOL NEW YORK
www.trapezeschool.comHudson River Park at West Street
New York, NY 10014
(212) 678-0728
Children and adults get a thrill swinging right along the Hudson in the summer. (You can fly during the winter, too—but all the apparatus is indoors then.)
UNION SQUARE PLAYGROUND
www.unionsquarenyc.orgEast 17th Street between Broadway and Park Avenue
New York, NY 10012
People call this brand-new playground a children's Shangri-La. They're right. An added bonus? It's next door to the Farmer's Market.