Florida International University (Miami, FL)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌊 Miami Children’s Museum — Miami, FL

🎢 Jungle Island — Miami, FL

🌳 Zoo Miami — Miami, FL

🎨 Frost Art Museum (on FIU campus) — Miami, FL

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Kush by Lokal — Miami, FL

🍕 Frankie’s Pizza — Miami, FL

🍦 Azucar Ice Cream Company — Little Havana, FL

Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, GA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎨 Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History — Kennesaw, GA

🌳 Swift-Cantrell Park — Kennesaw, GA

🎢 Six Flags White Water — Marietta, GA

🧠 Tellus Science Museum — Cartersville, GA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Big Shanty Smokehouse BBQ — Kennesaw, GA

🍕 Pisano’s Pizzeria — Kennesaw, GA

🍦 Frozen Cow Creamery — Kennesaw, GA

Missouri State University (Springfield, MO)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Discovery Center of Springfield — Springfield, MO

🎢 Dickerson Park Zoo — Springfield, MO

🌳 Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park — Springfield, MO

🎨 Wonders of Wildlife Aquarium & Museum — Springfield, MO

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Black Sheep Burgers & Shakes — Springfield, MO

🍕 Pappo’s Pizzeria — Springfield, MO

🍦 Pineapple Whip — Springfield, MO

University of Delaware (Newark, DE)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎨 Delaware Children’s Museum — Wilmington, DE

🌳 White Clay Creek State Park — Newark, DE

🎢 Christiana Skating Center — Newark, DE

🧠 Delaware Museum of Nature & Science — Wilmington, DE

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Grain Craft Bar + Kitchen — Newark, DE

🍕 Klondike Kate’s Restaurant — Newark, DE

🍦 UDairy Creamery — Newark, DE

Jacksonville State University (Jacksonville, AL)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Chief Ladiga Trail — Jacksonville, AL

🎢 Camp Lee Outdoor Adventure — Anniston, AL

🎨 Anniston Museum of Natural History — Anniston, AL

🧠 Longleaf Botanical Gardens — Anniston, AL

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Cooter Brown’s Rib Shack — Jacksonville, AL

🍕 Effina’s Downtown — Anniston, AL

🍦 Dugout Deli & Ice Cream — Jacksonville, AL

Liberty University (Lynchburg, VA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎢 Amazement Square Children’s Museum — Lynchburg, VA

🌳 Riverside Park — Lynchburg, VA

🎨 Anne Spencer House & Garden Museum — Lynchburg, VA

🧠 SeaQuest Lynchburg — Lynchburg, VA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 The Water Dog — Lynchburg, VA

🍕 Waterstone Pizza — Lynchburg, VA

🍦 Rookie’s — Lynchburg, VA

Louisiana Tech University (Ruston, LA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Lincoln Parish Park — Ruston, LA

🎨 North Louisiana Military Museum — Ruston, LA

🎢 Ruston Skate Park — Ruston, LA

🌊 Hideaway Park — Ruston, LA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Dawg House Sports Grill — Ruston, LA

🍕 Johnny’s Pizza House — Ruston, LA

🍦 Mitcham Farms Peach Store — Ruston, LA

Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, TN)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Discovery Center at Murfree Spring — Murfreesboro, TN

🌳 Barfield Crescent Park — Murfreesboro, TN

🎢 GO USA Fun Park — Murfreesboro, TN

🎨 Oaklands Mansion — Murfreesboro, TN

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Burger Republic — Murfreesboro, TN

🍕 Mellow Mushroom — Murfreesboro, TN

🍦 Hattie Jane’s Creamery — Murfreesboro, TN

New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Museum of Nature & Science — Las Cruces, NM

🎨 New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum — Las Cruces, NM

🌳 Young Park — Las Cruces, NM

🎢 Las Cruces Railroad Museum — Las Cruces, NM

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Dick’s Café — Las Cruces, NM

🌮 Andele Restaurant — Mesilla, NM

🍦 Caliche’s Frozen Custard — Las Cruces, NM

Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Huntsville State Park — Huntsville, TX

🎢 HEARTS Veterans Museum of Texas — Huntsville, TX

🎨 Sam Houston Memorial Museum — Huntsville, TX

🌊 Blue Lagoon — Huntsville, TX

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Farmhouse Café — Huntsville, TX

🍕 1836 Steakhouse & Pizza — Huntsville, TX

🍦 Cloud 9 Creamery — Huntsville, TX

University of Texas at El Paso (El Paso, TX)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 El Paso Museum of History — El Paso, TX

🌳 El Paso Zoo — El Paso, TX

🎢 Western Playland Amusement Park — Sunland Park, NM

🎨 Chamizal National Memorial — El Paso, TX

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 The Hoppy Monk — El Paso, TX

🍕 Ardovino’s Pizza — El Paso, TX

🍦 Howdy Homemade Ice Cream — El Paso, TX

Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎢 Beech Bend Amusement Park — Bowling Green, KY

🧠 National Corvette Museum — Bowling Green, KY

🌳 Basil Griffin Park — Bowling Green, KY

🎨 Hardin Planetarium — Bowling Green, KY

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Home Café & Marketplace — Bowling Green, KY

🍕 Mellow Mushroom — Bowling Green, KY

🍦 Chaney’s Dairy Barn — Bowling Green, KY