Junior Center of Art & Science

An Italian supper in three courses every night: soup or salad, a pasta, and a choice of two desserts.

The country's oldest wildlife refuge, with a path all the way around, and Children's Fairyland and free gardens on its banks.

America's first storybook theme park, open since 1950, with talking Magic Key storybook boxes and the country's oldest continuously running puppet theater.

A fenced tot lot with a gate that latches for toddlers, and the bigger helix-shaped climbers just outside it for school-age kids.

A converted auto dealership turned sprawling open-air beer garden in Uptown: wood-fired pizza, communal tables, and plenty of space.

California art, history and natural sciences under one roof, with touch-friendly areas for small kids and a garden that's free to enjoy.