Best Aquariums For Kids

Overview: More than 70 exhibits take visitors on a tour of aquatic life around the world. Travel from the Amazon Rain Forest to the Pacific Reef and Gulf of Maine — all in one day.

Go For: The chance to see the ocean's most massive mammals — in their natural habitat. Board the Voyager III for the aquarium's whale watch experience. The high-speed catamaran takes visitors on a three-to-four-hour excursion to a marine sanctuary 30 miles east of Boston. You'll be likely to spot humpback, finback and pilot whales, as well as white-sided dolphins.

Source: New England Aquarium/S. Cheng