Virtual Travel at Home

You may be cooped up at home, but the links below
will transport you all over the world!

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Aquarium of the Pacific Online Academy: The Aquarium of the Pacific is a public aquarium on a 5-acre site in Long Beach, Calif. It is situated across the water from the Long Beach Convention Center, Shoreline Village, and the Queen Mary Hotel. http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/news/aquariumacademy/

Atlanta Zoo Panda Cam: Check out the PandaCam for your daily dose of cute from Zoo Atlanta, an accredited zoological park in Atlanta, Ga. https://zooatlanta.org/panda-cam/

California Academy of Sciences: The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens. https://www.calacademy.org/academy-at-home

Carowinds Amusement Park: Carowinds is a 407-acre amusement park, located along the North Carolina-South Carolina state line (https://www.carowinds.com/blog/2020/virtual-tour-carowinds). Here’s a list of ways to have amusement park FUN with kids while you’re at home. https://www.carowinds.com/blog/2020/4-ways-to-have-carowinds-family-fun-at-home
Flagship Cruises: Come aboard the Patriot Jet Boat for an unforgettable San Diego experience. https://youtu.be/fLaIJ65RqcY

Fun Spot America Virtual Rides: Fun Spot America Theme Parks is a group of amusement parks located in Orlando and Kissimmee, Fla., and Fayetteville, Ga. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs4mq0P_NMcafiSlyXDef2Tf-xI5m4N2Q

Gatorland School of Croc: Gatorland hosts a Facebook Live at 10 a.m. (ET) each morning. This 110-acre theme park and wildlife preserve in Florida is located along South Orange Blossom Trail, south of Orlando. https://www.facebook.com/gatorland

Hersheypark Virtual Rides: Hersheypark is a family theme park located in Hershey, Penn., about 15 miles east of Harrisburg. The park was founded in 1906 by Milton S. Hershey as a leisure park for the employees of the Hershey Chocolate Company. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClpa-dw6fUf_zYhTDQkQ35g
Jamestown@Home: Jamestown is a historic site in east Virginia. Historic Jamestowne is home to the ruins of the first permanent English settlement in North America. It includes the remains of 18th-century Ambler Mansion. Nearby, the Jamestown Settlement is a living-history museum with recreations of a 1610s fort and a Powhatan Indian village. https://www.historyisfun.org/at-home/
Hornblower Cruises: Hornblower Cruises and Events serve guests in some of the most iconic locations in the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5d5xzYVQYzj3e-LltbulQ
Luray Caverns: Luray Caverns, originally called Luray Cave, is a cave just west of Luray, Va, which has drawn many visitors since its discovery in 1878. The cavern system is generously adorned with speleothems such as columns, mud flows, stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, and mirrored pools. https://youtu.be/0Bvx8-kdVrk
Mammoth Mountain Ski Virtual Tour: Mammoth Mountain is a lava dome complex west of the town of Mammoth Lakes, Calif. Mammoth Mountain was formed in a series of eruptions that ended 57,000 years ago. https://www.mammothmountain.com/about/virtual-tour
Museum of Modern Art: Founded in 1929, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in midtown Manhattan, N.Y., was the first museum devoted to the modern era. https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/moma-the-museum-of-modern-art

Metropolitan Opera House Nightly Opera Streams: Each day, a different encore presentation from The Metropolitan Opera’s “Live in HD” series is being made available for free streaming, with each performance available for a period of 23 hours, from 7:30 p.m. EDT until 6:30 p.m. the following day. https://www.metopera.org/user-information/nightly-met-opera-streams/

NASA's Curiosity Rover: Access the real surface of Mars, recorded by NASA’s Curiosity rover. https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/
National Air and Space Museum: The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, also called the Air and Space Museum, is a museum in Washington, D.C. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/your-tour-through-national-air-and-space-museum
National Museum of Natural History: The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tou
San Diego Zoo Live Cams: The San Diego Zoo is a zoo in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, housing more than 3,500 animals of more than 650 species and subspecies. h https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams
SeaWorld San Diego: Located in San Diego’s scenic Mission Bay, SeaWorld is a world-class marine life adventure park. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgJh-8drubTT0jrCKMAA7SQ
South Carolina Aquarium Virtual Visit: The South Carolina Aquarium, located in Charleston, South Carolina, opened on May 19, 2000 on the historic Charleston Harbor. https://scaquarium.org/virtualvisits
Yellowstone National Park: Yellowstone National Park is a nearly 3,500-sq.-mile wilderness recreation area atop a volcanic hot spot. Mostly in Wyoming, the park spreads into parts of Montana and Idaho too. https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm

Yosemite National Park: Yosemite National Park is in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. It’s famed for its giant, ancient sequoia trees, and for Tunnel View, the iconic vista of towering Bridalveil Fall and the granite cliffs of El Capitan and Half Dome. https://www.virtualyosemite.org/about-virtual-yosemite/