Smart Way to Go

The National Aquarium in Baltimore is seen at dusk on December 4, 2012. Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun/TNS

By Lynn O'Rourke Hayes From FamilyTravel.com

Kids and their parents know it’s cool to be smart. Here are five places that will supercharge your family’s brainpower.

1. Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

Encouraging curiosity and celebrating questions, this is the place to see a German submarine, understand how tornados and avalanches happen and discover the process behind Pixar’s popular films and characters.