Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration

At this aquarium, kids and adults can watch a marine theater show, enjoy a face-to-face encounter with an African penguin, or — for an extra fee — get in the water with a beluga whale. And for the rest of 2011, the facility is hosting "Crittercam," an exhibition that allows visitors to see nature through the eyes of a camera-equipped marine animals in the wild.