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Featured Article:  Family Vacations: Shelburne Museum

Shelburne Museum nicknamed Vermont's Smithsonian features a wide variety of attractions and activities for kids such as a playground arts & crafts interactive exhibits and educational activities. Find out more about the Shelburne Museum. See more »

Family Vacations: Franklin Institute of Science

Family Vacations: Franklin Institute of Science

Franklin Institute of Science features a variety of interactive exhibits such as a two-story human heart visitors can walk through sports challenges and dominoes. Find out more about family vacations to Franklin Institute of Science.

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Family Vacations: International Spy Museum

Family Vacations: International Spy Museum

Grab your undercover identity at the door and take a way-cool trip through time at the nation's only museum dedicated to the art of espionage. Spy gadgets famous spies and a cool gift shop are just a few reasons to come.

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Family Vacations: Kennedy Space Center

Family Vacations: Kennedy Space Center

Kennedy Space Center is the busiest launch and landing facility in the country. Today visitors can get a glimpse of the American space program thanks to the center's exhibits and programs. Learn more about them.

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Family Vacations: Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory Tour

Family Vacations: Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory Tour

Be greeted by world's largest bat, a 120-foot-tall replica of Babe Ruth's, then take the factory tour and go home with your own miniature version of the famed Louisville Slugger.

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Family Vacations: Mabry Mill

Family Vacations: Mabry Mill

Mabry Mill lies alongside Virginia's stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The mill's namesake, Ed Mabry, began building the complex in 1905. The mill was an active gristmill and sawmill in the early part of the 20th century. Learn more about Mabry Mill

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Family Vacations: Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site

Family Vacations: Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site

Visitors to the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site are reminded that King could have lived a cozy, middle-class life. Instead he spent years traveling and speaking for civil rights. Read more about the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Hi

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Family Vacations: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Family Vacations: Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art features games storytelling and gallery talks designed to teach children about art. Most of the museum's art exhibits appeal to children. Find out more about the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Family Vacations: National Air and Space Museum

Family Vacations: National Air and Space Museum

Airplanes and rockets on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. lure fans of technology and aviation. Find out more about the National Air and Space Museum a sought-after family vacation destination.

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Family Vacations: National Civil Rights Museum

Family Vacations: National Civil Rights Museum

The struggle for civil rights is the focus of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis just steps from where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Learn more about the National Civil Rights Museum.

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Family Vacations: National Corvette Museum and Factory Tour

Family Vacations: National Corvette Museum and Factory Tour

More than 75 Corvettes rev-up the experience at the National Corvette Museum and Factory Tour. See corvettes on display and watch how they are made. Learn more about the National Corvette Museum and Factory Tour.

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Family Vacations: National Museum of the American Indian

Family Vacations: National Museum of the American Indian

Native American culture comes to life at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. Participate in song and dance sample Native American food and enjoy artwork. Learn more about the museum.

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Family Vacations: National World War II Museum

Family Vacations: National World War II Museum

The National D-Day Museum in New Orleans celebrates the courage and sacrifice of the American men and women of World War II through interactive exhibits. Learn more about this family vacation destination.

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Family Vacations: Plantation Alley

Family Vacations: Plantation Alley

Louisiana's Great River Road is also known as Plantation Alley. Thirty antebellum mansions and 10 other old properties sit regally on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River. Read about tours and bed-and-breakfast inns along the Great River Road.

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Family Vacations: Please Touch Museum

Family Vacations: Please Touch Museum

The Please Touch Museum features exhibits designed for kids seven and under including interactive exhibits based on classics like Alice in Wonderland. Shows and themed activities are also featured. Find out more about the Please Touch Museum.

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Family Vacations: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

Family Vacations: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

Jimi Hendrix's handwritten lyrics, John Lennon's childhood report card, and Tina Turner's memorable concert costumes are just a few reasons to take a trip to this Ohio museum.

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Family Vacations: Sesame Place

Family Vacations: Sesame Place

Sesame Place brings your kids favorite characters to life and features parades river rides live shows play areas and dining with their furry friends. Find out more about family vacations to Sesame Place.

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Family Vacations: Shelburne Museum

Family Vacations: Shelburne Museum

Shelburne Museum nicknamed Vermont's Smithsonian features a wide variety of attractions and activities for kids such as a playground arts & crafts interactive exhibits and educational activities. Find out more about the Shelburne Museum.

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Family Vacations: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Family Vacations: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

This perspective-twisting museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright to be a work of art itself is also home to world-famous paintings. Learn more about the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and family vacations in New York.

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Family Vacations: Spooky Cemeteries and Haunted House Tours

Family Vacations: Spooky Cemeteries and Haunted House Tours

While the Spooky Cemeteries and Haunted House Tours may be too spooky for younger kids older children will love exploring the shadowy streets and buildings and creepy cemeteries of New Orleans. Learn more.

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Family Vacations: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Family Vacations: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

The Enola Gay the plane that dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima is one of the planes on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles International Airport. Learn more about the Udvar-Hazy Center part of the Smithsonian Institution.

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