With the over-sized zebra, dolphin and super hero balloons floating outside, this balloon mecca is certainly hard to miss. Inside, toys, stickers and candy overwhelm the senses. Party-central for customized balloons that won't deflate overnight, this fun house has everything you need to throw the perfect party for your little co-dependent!

Play a Beatle riff while Wonder kid tiptoes and bounces to music or paints a watercolor masterpiece. The community center for arts and music is a true enlightening experience for the whole family to realize that genius hidden inside themselves.

Renowned for their much raved about sour cream apple walnut pie, stop in to sample this cute cafes full ice cream parlor and make yourselves at home. Want to round the crew up and go on a picnic, but don't have time to prepare food? Just swing by and pick up a freshly baked quiche then hit the park. Ditto for those infamous bake sales at school-Why slave over a hot stove when you can have the oversized cupcakes with a sur- prise hint of cream at the bottom or the delicious pound cakes which always sell-out quick? Don't forget, this friendly staff will also deliver. to anywhere in the USA!

Yes, it's a room with dirt filled to the gills. Layers of damp, brown dirt is presented to constellating visitors who might expect a beanstalk to come up or something. The groomed sediment is held in a gallery space and won't spoil the pants in terms of gangbuster excitement. But WonderDads and young partners in crime can enjoy this offering as something that is unexpected and novel in its minimal, esoteric ways.

While the TV juggernaut is filming, real-life drama goes on inside court trials and arraignments each day at the courthouse, and most courtrooms are open to the public (though not all cases are appopriate for children.) Make sure to take the baseball cap off, turn the mobile to silent and stand up and sit down when prompted. Kids can learn about the law and what lawyers and juries do. Pop in to see a few interviews and maybe leave before the medical examiner describes the autopsy report.

When Martha Stewart's not tapping her maples for syrup or singing carols with her chicks in Westport, CT she keeps a pad in this stunning space designed by renowned architect Richard Meier (Getty Museum). She shares the stairs with Calvin Klein and kitchen king Jean-Georges Vongerichten.

Mini-Manhattan models harness the massive, and ever evolving whale of an island. Humble enough to look beyond New York at places like Tokyo, Mumbai, Beijing and Dubai the museum knows that though the city had the patent on vertical slivers the world has since caught-up and surpassed it prowess. Free family workshops are offered sending small hardhats into the museum to clock-in and utilize recycled Coca-Cola cans and milk cartons to form their own skyline.