University of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham, AL)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 McWane Science Center — Birmingham, AL

🐾 Birmingham Zoo — Birmingham, AL

🎨 Birmingham Museum of Art — Birmingham, AL

🌳 Railroad Park — Birmingham, AL

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Jack Brown’s Beer & Burger Joint — Birmingham, AL

🍕 Slice Pizza & Brew — Birmingham, AL

🍦 Big Spoon Creamery — Birmingham, AL

🥩 Urban Cookhouse — Birmingham, AL

🥓 Jim ‘N Nicks— Birmingham, AL

Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, FL)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Sugar Sand Park (playground & carousel) — Boca Raton, FL

🧠 Children’s Science Explorium — Boca Raton, FL

🎢 Coconut Cove Waterpark — Boca Raton, FL

🌊 Red Reef Park Beach — Boca Raton, FL

🎨 Boca Raton Museum of Art — Boca Raton, FL

👧 Boomers — Boca Raton, FL

🛝Milzner Park — Boca Raton, FL

💡 Sandoway Discovery Center - Delray Beach, FL

🏄 Coconut Cove — Boca Raton, FL

🌳 Everglades National Park 

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Shake Shack — Boca Raton, FL

🍕 Tucci’s Fire N Coal Pizza — Boca Raton, FL

🍦 Proper Ice Cream — Delray Beach, FL

🍩 Dandee Donuts - Deerfield Beach, FL

🌴The Cove - Deerfield Beach, FL

🥓 The Whales Rib - Deerfield Beach, FL

Memphis University (Memphis, TN)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Children’s Museum of Memphis — Memphis, TN

🐾 Memphis Zoo — Memphis, TN

🌊 Shelby Farms Park — Memphis, TN

🎨 Dixon Gallery and Gardens — Memphis, TN

🚨 K1 Speed - Memphis, TN

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Huey’s Burgers — Memphis, TN

🍗 Central BBQ — Memphis, TN

🍦 Jerry’s Sno Cones — Memphis, TN

East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 A Time for Science Nature & Science Learning Center — Greenville, NC

🌳 River Park North — Greenville, NC

🎢 AMF East Carolina Lanes — Greenville, NC

🌊 Town Common Park — Greenville, NC

🛍️ Coastal Fog — Greenville, NC

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Sup Dogs — Greenville, NC

🍕 CPW’s Italian American Cuisine — Greenville, NC

🥓 Parker’s BBQ — Greenville, NC 

🍦 Simply Natural Creamery — Ayden, NC

University of North Texas (Denton, TX)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Explorium Children’s Museum — Denton, TX

🌳 North Lakes Park — Denton, TX

🎨 Denton Firefighters Museum — Denton, TX

🎢 Water Works Park — Denton, TX

🛝 Slick City — Denton, TX

🎮 Free Play Arcade — Denton, TX

🌳 South Lakes Park — Denton, TX

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 LSA Burger Co. — Denton, TX

🍕 Mellow Mushroom — Denton, TX

🍦 Beth Marie’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream — Denton, TX

🥗 Cartwright’s Ranch House — Denton, TX

🐟 The Catch Denton — Denton, TX

🥓 Marty B’s — Denton, TX

🐔 Rooster’s Roadhouse — Denton, TX

🫕 Graffiti Pasta — Denton, TX

🍟 Hoochies — Denton, TX

🌮 Rodeo Goat — Denton, TX

🥞 Old West Cafe of Denton — Denton, TX

Rice University (Houston, TX)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Children’s Museum Houston — Houston, TX

🌳 Hermann Park (train & lake) — Houston, TX

🎨 Museum of Fine Arts Houston — Houston, TX

🐠 Downtown Aquarium — Houston, TX

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Hopdoddy Burger Bar — Houston, TX

🍕 Bollo Woodfired Pizza — Houston, TX

🍦 Amy’s Ice Creams — Houston, TX

🍟 Little Matt’s — Houston, TX

🥗 Hobbit Cafe — Houston, TX

🌮 The Rustic — Houston, TX

🫕 Mia's Table — Houston, TX

🍗 Buffalo Grille — Houston, TX

University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎢 Busch Gardens — Tampa, FL

🧠 Glazer Children’s Museum — Tampa, FL

🌳 Lettuce Lake Park — Tampa, FL

🐠 Florida Aquarium — Tampa, FL

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 BurgerFi — Tampa, FL

🍕 Eddie & Sam’s NY Pizza — Tampa, FL

🍦 Chill Bros. Scoop Shop — Tampa, FL

Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Please Touch Museum — Philadelphia, PA

🐾 Philadelphia Zoo — Philadelphia, PA

🎨 Franklin Institute Science Museum — Philadelphia, PA

🌳 Fairmount Park — Philadelphia, PA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 P’unk Burger — Philadelphia, PA

🍕 Angelo’s Pizzeria South Philly — Philadelphia, PA

🍦 Franklin Fountain — Philadelphia, PA

Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Louisiana Children’s Museum — New Orleans, LA

🌳 Audubon Park & Zoo — New Orleans, LA

🎨 New Orleans Museum of Art — New Orleans, LA

🌊 The Fly Riverside Park — New Orleans, LA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Dat Dog — New Orleans, LA

🍝 The Camellia Grill — New Orleans, LA

🍦 Creole Creamery — New Orleans, LA

University of Tulsa (Tulsa, OK)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Discovery Lab — Tulsa, OK

🐾 Tulsa Zoo — Tulsa, OK

🎨 Philbrook Museum of Art — Tulsa, OK

🌊 Gathering Place Park — Tulsa, OK

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Freckles Frozen Custard & Burgers — Tulsa, OK

🍕 Hideaway Pizza — Tulsa, OK

🍦 Andy’s Frozen Custard — Tulsa, OK

University of Texas at San Antonio (San Antonio, TX)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 The DoSeum — San Antonio, TX

🐾 San Antonio Zoo — San Antonio, TX

🎢 Six Flags Fiesta Texas — San Antonio, TX

🌊 Japanese Tea Garden — San Antonio, TX

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Chris Madrid’s — San Antonio, TX

🍕 Dough Pizzeria Napoletana — San Antonio, TX

🍦 Lick Honest Ice Creams — San Antonio, TX

University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, NC)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Discovery Place Science — Charlotte, NC

🎢 Carowinds Theme Park — Charlotte, NC

🌳 Freedom Park — Charlotte, NC

🎨 Mint Museum Uptown — Charlotte, NC

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar — Charlotte, NC

🍕 Brixx Wood Fired Pizza — Charlotte, NC

🍦 Two Scoops Creamery — Charlotte, NC

Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)

Kid-Friendly Activities

🌿 Exploration Place — Wichita, KS

🦓 Sedgwick County Zoo — Wichita, KS

🌸 Botanica Wichita — Wichita, KS

🤠 Old Cowtown Museum — Wichita, KS

🎳 The Alley Indoor Entertainment — Wichita, KS

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍳 Doo-Dah Diner — Wichita, KS

🥞 HomeGrown Wichita — Wichita, KS

🍔 The Anchor — Wichita, KS

🌮 Public at the Brickyard — Wichita, KS

🍣 Ninza Sushi Bar — Wichita, KS