Butler University (Indianapolis, IN)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Children’s Museum of Indianapolis — Indianapolis, IN

🌳 Holliday Park — Indianapolis, IN

🎨 Indianapolis Art Center — Indianapolis, IN

🎢 Broad Ripple Park Playground — Indianapolis, IN

🏁 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum  — Indianapolis, IN

🚨 K1 Speed  — Indianapolis, IN

🦋 Connor Prairie - Fishers, IN

🏆 NCAA Hall Of Champions  — Indianapolis, IN

🎳 Pinheads - Fishers, IN

🐒 Indianapolis Zoo — Indianapolis, IN

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 BurgerFuel — Indianapolis, IN

🍕 Bazbeaux Pizza — Indianapolis, IN

🍦 BRICS (Broad Ripple Ice Cream Station) — Indianapolis, IN

🌮 The Garage Food Hall — Indianapolis, IN

🍝 The Old Spaghetti Factory — Indianapolis, IN

🥞 Cafe Patachou for breakfast — Indianapolis, IN

University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Connecticut Science Center — Hartford, CT

🌳 Mansfield Hollow State Park — Mansfield, CT

🎨 Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry — Storrs, CT

🎢 Nomads Adventure Quest — South Windsor, CT

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Ted’s Restaurant — Meriden, CT

🍕 Willimantic Brewing Co. — Willimantic, CT

🍦 UConn Dairy Bar — Storrs, CT

Creighton University (Omaha, NE)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🐾 Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium — Omaha, NE

🎢 The Amazing Pizza Machine — Omaha, NE

🌳 Heartland of America Park — Omaha, NE

🎨 Omaha Children’s Museum — Omaha, NE

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Block 16 — Omaha, NE

🍕 Pitch Pizzeria — Omaha, NE

🍦 eCreamery Ice Cream & Cookies — Omaha, NE

DePaul University (Chicago, IL)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🐾 Lincoln Park Zoo — Chicago, IL

🎨 Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum — Chicago, IL

🌳 Maggie Daley Park — Chicago, IL

🎢 Navy Pier Centennial Wheel — Chicago, IL

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 RJ Grunts — Chicago, IL

🍕 Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria — Chicago, IL

🍦 Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams — Chicago, IL

Georgetown University (Washington, DC)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Georgetown Waterfront Park — Washington, DC

🎨 National Children’s Museum — Washington, DC

🧠 Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum — Washington, DC

🎢 The Wharf Playground — Washington, DC

🎨 Made With Love — Washington, DC

🧵 Shop Made in DC (DIY Workshops) — Washington, DC

🖌️ Artsy Beast — Washington, DC

🧪 National Children’s Museum (STEAM Play Lab) — Washington, DC

🎨 ARTECHOUSE (Immersive Digital Art) — Washington, DC

🤖 KID Museum — Bethesda, MD

🖍️ Kidcreate Studio — Alexandria, VA

🏺 Paint This! Pottery Studio — Alexandria, VA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Good Stuff Eatery — Washington, DC

🍕 &pizza — Washington, DC

🍦 Thomas Sweet — Washington, DC

🥪 Call Your Mother — Washington, DC

🧁 Georgetown Cupcakes — Washington, DC

🍦 Milk Bar — Washington, DC

Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Discovery World Science & Technology Museum — Milwaukee, WI

🐾 Milwaukee County Zoo — Milwaukee, WI

🎨 Betty Brinn Children’s Museum — Milwaukee, WI

🌊 Lakeshore State Park — Milwaukee, WI

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Sobelman’s Pub & Grill — Milwaukee, WI

🍕 Transfer Pizzeria Café — Milwaukee, WI

🍦 Purple Door Ice Cream — Milwaukee, WI

Providence College (Providence, RI)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Providence Children’s Museum — Providence, RI

🌳 Roger Williams Park Zoo — Providence, RI

🎨 RISD Museum — Providence, RI

🎢 Mulligan’s Island Mini Golf — Cranston, RI

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Luxe Burger Bar — Providence, RI

🍕 Caserta Pizzeria — Providence, RI

🍦 Three Sisters Ice Cream — Providence, RI

St. John’s University (Queens, NY)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🐾 Queens Zoo — Queens, NY

🎨 New York Hall of Science — Queens, NY

🌳 Flushing Meadows-Corona Park — Queens, NY

🎢 Fantasy Forest Amusement Park — Queens, NY

👜 Build Your Own Purse at FAO Schwarz — New York, NY

🎭 Broadway — New York, NY

🎀 Eloise Tea at The Plaza — New York, NY

📿 Gabriela Ceballos Bracelet Bar — New York, NY

🚂 Build-Your-Own Train at FAO Schwarz — New York, NY

🏎️ Hot Wheels at American Girl Store — New York, NY

🧱 LEGO Store Fifth Avenue — New York, NY

🎮 Nintendo Store — New York, NY

👕 Nike By You — New York, NY

🕹️ Horae Play — New York, NY

🧸 Pikchi — New York, NY

🧠 Genius Gems — New York, NY

🍦 Museum of Ice Cream — New York, NY

🕹️ Stanley’s Claw Machines — New York, NY

🕵️ SPYSCAPE — New York, NY

🫧 Gazillion Bubble Show (Weekends Only) — New York, NY

🧸 Make a Baby at FAO Schwarz — New York, NY

🌊 Battery Park Playscape & SeaGlass Carousel — New York, NY

🚀 Space Club DUMBO — Brooklyn, NY

🏛️ The Met Museum — New York, NY

🚒 FDNY Fire Zone — New York, NY

🧙 Royal Magic Castle — New York, NY

🎭 Peekaboo Play Space (21st St) — New York, NY

🎮 Pac-Man Arcade Museum — New York, NY

🧺 Sunshine Laundromat — New York, NY

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍕 Rosa’s Pizza — Queens, NY

🍔 Shake Shack — Queens, NY

🍦 Lemon Ice King of Corona — Queens, NY

🍨 Ice Cream Sundays at Serendipity — New York, NY

🥐 Maman — New York, NY

🍭 Economy Candy — New York, NY

🎰 Sweet Cats Cafe — New York, NY

🥪 Milano Market — New York, NY

🍰 Mamamisu — New York, NY

🍣 Sushi Push Pop — New York, NY

🥟 Din Soup Dumplings — New York, NY

🌭 Le Doggie Cool — New York, NY

Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 South Mountain Reservation — West Orange, NJ

🐾 Turtle Back Zoo — West Orange, NJ

🎢 Codey Arena Ice Skating — West Orange, NJ

🎨 Montclair Art Museum — Montclair, NJ

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Stony’s Restaurant — South Orange, NJ

🍕 Reservoir Restaurant — South Orange, NJ

🍦 Applegate Farm Ice Cream — Montclair, NJ

Villanova University (Villanova, PA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Elmwood Park Zoo — Norristown, PA

🎨 Please Touch Museum — Philadelphia, PA

🧠 American Treasure Tour Museum — Oaks, PA

🎢 Arnold’s Family Fun Center — Oaks, PA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 First Watch — Villanova, PA

🍕 Bertucci’s Italian Restaurant — Wayne, PA

🍦 Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream — Berwyn, PA

Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🐾 Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden — Cincinnati, OH

🧠 Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal — Cincinnati, OH

🎢 Scene75 Entertainment Center — Milford, OH

🌳 Smale Riverfront Park — Cincinnati, OH

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Zip’s Cafe — Cincinnati, OH

🍕 Dewey’s Pizza — Cincinnati, OH

🍦 Graeter’s Ice Cream — Cincinnati, OH