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41 Ways to Have Fun at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, PA
ByJennRecord August 5, 2025October 20, 2025
The most visited museum in Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Science Center is home over two dozens exhibits and 100 interactive activities spread across four floors, welcoming over half a million visitors each year. On our recent visit to Pittsburgh, we enjoyed a whole afternoon exploring the Carnegie Science Center and testing our knowledge and understanding of everything from engineering to astronomy and space exploration to geology, biology, and marine life to health sciences.
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20 Ways to Explore the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, PA
ByJennRecord July 29, 2025October 20, 2025
A highlight of our family’s recent visit to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was our morning at the Senator John Heinz History Center. We LOVED this engaging history museum that celebrates the vibrant history of Western Pennsylvania (Industries! Sports! Pop culture! Scientific advancements! Music1) This week, we’re sharing our favorite ways to explore the Heinz History center and why ALL ages will have fun at the museum was voted the #1 History Museum in America by the readers of USA Today.
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aquarium | Children's Museums | Durham | family travel | museums | North Carolina | science center | Zoo
20 Ways to Have Fun at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC
ByJennRecord July 15, 2025July 18, 2025
On a recent visit to Durham, North Carolina we spent a wonderful morning exploring the impressive Museum of Life and Science in the Northgate Park neighborhood of Durham. It’s easy to see why the Museum of Life and Science is consistently ranked as one of the most popular attractions in Durham, and one of the top museums in North Carolina
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13 Ways to Have Fun in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this Summer
ByJennRecord July 7, 2025October 20, 2025
We just returned from a wonderful visit to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, home to almost three dozen colleges and universities, popular athletic teams, historical sites dating back to the French and Indian War, almost 100 distinct neighborhoods, a thriving food scene with distinct specialities, and tons of family friendly attractions, special events, and annual traditions.
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Playing “I Spy” While Touring Eagle’s Nest at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Mansion and Planetarium on Long Island
ByJennRecord June 16, 2025June 18, 2025
Eagle’s Nest is the Long Island summer home of William K. Vanderbilt II, the great grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and his wife Rosamond. What began as a small, seven room “English Cottage” on 43 acres in the early 1900s grew into a 24 room Spanish Revival mansion with several additional museum galleries filled with the private collections of William’s world travels. An avid hunter, fisherman, and traveler, William eventually opened the museums to the public and even donated his estate, including Eagle’s Nests and its furnishings, to Suffolk County to be turned into a public museum after his death in 1944 for the public to enjoy.
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Playing “I Spy” at the Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site on Long Island, New York
ByJennRecord June 10, 2025June 19, 2025
The Walt Whitman Birthplace and State National Historic Site in Huntington on Long Island, New York is the former home of the Whitman family, including one of America’s greatest poets, Walt Whitman, who was born in the first floor bedroom in 1819.
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