Cleveland State University (Cleveland, OH)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎨 Great Lakes Science Center — Cleveland, OH

🐠 Greater Cleveland Aquarium — Cleveland, OH

🌳 Edgewater Park — Cleveland, OH

🎢 Children’s Museum of Cleveland — Cleveland, OH

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 TownHall — Cleveland, OH

🍕 Mama Santa’s — Cleveland, OH

🍦 Mitchell’s Homemade Ice Cream — Cleveland, OH

Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Michigan Science Center — Detroit, MI

🐾 Detroit Zoo — Royal Oak, MI

🎨 Detroit Institute of Arts — Detroit, MI

🌳 Belle Isle Park — Detroit, MI

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Mercury Burger Bar — Detroit, MI

🍕 Supino Pizzeria — Detroit, MI

🍦 Treat Dreams — Ferndale, MI

Green Bay (University of Wisconsin–Green Bay)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Bay Beach Amusement Park — Green Bay, WI

🐠 NEW Zoo & Adventure Park — Suamico, WI

🎨 Neville Public Museum — Green Bay, WI

🧠 Children’s Museum of Green Bay — Green Bay, WI

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Kroll’s East — Green Bay, WI

🍕 Sammy’s Pizza — Green Bay, WI

🍦 Zesty’s Frozen Custard — Green Bay, WI

IUPUI / IUPUI (to be Indiana University Indianapolis)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis — Indianapolis, IN

🎨 Indianapolis Zoo — Indianapolis, IN

🌳 White River State Park — Indianapolis, IN

🎢 Greatimes Family Fun Park — Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum — Indianapolis, IN

🎮 Speedway Indoor Karting — Indianapolis, IN

🏆 NCAA Hall Of Champions— Indianapolis, IN

🎳 Pinheads — Fishers, IN

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Bru Burger Bar — Indianapolis, IN

🍕 Bazbeaux Pizza — Indianapolis, IN

🍦 Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream — Indianapolis, IN

Milwaukee (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🐠 Discovery World Science + Technology Center — Milwaukee, WI

🌳 Milwaukee County Zoo — Milwaukee, WI

🎢 Betty Brinn Children’s Museum — Milwaukee, WI

🎨 Mitchell Park Domes — Milwaukee, WI

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 SafeHouse — Milwaukee, WI

🍕 Transfer Pizzeria Café — Milwaukee, WI

🍦 Purple Door Ice Cream — Milwaukee, WI

Northern Kentucky University (Highland Heights, KY)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎢 Coney Island Park — Cincinnati, OH

🌳 Newport Aquarium — Newport, KY

🧠 Behringer-Crawford Museum — Covington, KY

🎨 Cincinnati Art Museum — Cincinnati, OH

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Flipdaddy’s Burgers & Beers — Newport, KY

🍕 Dewey’s Pizza — Newport, KY

🍦 Graeter’s Ice Cream — Fort Thomas, KY

Oakland University (Rochester, MI)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Rochester Municipal Park — Rochester, MI

🎢 LEGOLAND Discovery Center — Auburn Hills, MI

🎨 Meadow Brook Hall — Rochester Hills, MI

🧠 Cranbrook Institute of Science — Bloomfield Hills, MI

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Red Knapp’s Dairy Bar — Rochester, MI

🍕 Buddy’s Pizza — Auburn Hills, MI

🍦 Oberweis Ice Cream — Rochester Hills, MI

Purdue University Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne, IN)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo — Fort Wayne, IN

🎢 Science Central — Fort Wayne, IN

🎨 Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory — Fort Wayne, IN

🌊 Headwaters Park — Fort Wayne, IN

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Coney Island — Fort Wayne, IN

🍕 816 Pint & Slice — Fort Wayne, IN

🍦 DeBrand Fine Chocolates & Ice Cream — Fort Wayne, IN

Robert Morris University (Moon Township, PA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎢 Kennywood Amusement Park — West Mifflin, PA

🌳 Moon Park — Moon Township, PA

🧠 Carnegie Science Center — Pittsburgh, PA

🎨 Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium — Pittsburgh, PA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Burgatory — Robinson Township, PA

🍕 Luciano’s Pizza — Moon Township, PA

🍦 Page Dairy Mart — Pittsburgh, PA

Wright State University (Dayton, OH)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 National Museum of the U.S. Air Force — Dayton, OH

🎨 Boonshoft Museum of Discovery — Dayton, OH

🌳 Cox Arboretum MetroPark — Dayton, OH

🎢 Scene75 Entertainment Center — Dayton, OH

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Tank’s Bar & Grill — Dayton, OH

🍕 Marion’s Piazza — Dayton, OH

🍦 Graeter’s Ice Cream — Beavercreek, OH

Youngstown State University (Youngstown, OH)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎨 Oh Wow! Children’s Center — Youngstown, OH

🌳 Mill Creek MetroParks — Youngstown, OH

🎢 Skate Zone Family Fun Center — Austintown, OH

🧠 Butler Institute of American Art — Youngstown, OH

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Suzie’s Dogs & Drafts — Youngstown, OH

🍕 Wedgewood Pizza — Austintown, OH

🍦 Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream — Youngstown, OH