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1. New York, NY
Home to Central Park, The Statue of Liberty and more museums than you could visit in a full month, just standing in Times Square will give your kids a thrill. Hit the Black Tap for over-the-top milkshakes, book tickets to a family-friendly show on Broadway (Aladdin and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child are both playing this summer), or plan your whole visit around when you can get your hands on Hamilton tickets!
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2. Palm Springs, CA
Come for the perfect weather and spend mornings (before it gets too hot) hiking through the movie-backdrop-gorgeous Sierra Nevada mountains. See the hills from a slightly higher vantage as you make like a cowboy on a trail ride from Smoke Tree stables. Don?t miss VillageFest, the every-Thursday craft fair downtown or the peaceful Living Desert, which is part zoo, part botanical gardens, part giraffe-feeding extravaganza. It?s a trip your kids will cherish for years. PHOTO: Courtesy of Visit Florida
3. Sanibel, FL
Just a 45-minute drive from Fort Meyers airport, crossing the bridge to Sanibel Island is like teleporting to the Caribbean?without the lengthy flight! World-class beaches teeming with shells of every description, breathtaking sunsets, and the expansive J. N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge means there?s always something to wow your little ones away from their screens. Put the kids in the Sanibel Sea School (...