Pensacola MESS Hall

An early-learning playground themed around the area's local industries, right outside the museum and open without a ticket.

Living history, old houses and small museums on one ticket, so you can wander from one to the next as long as the kids hold out.

Made for kids up to eight, with dress-up and a colonial village to play in. Grown-ups can only come in with a kid.

A splash fountain right on the waterfront, so kids can get soaked and you can walk the water's edge after.

Rope climbing and a playground right on the water, with paved paths along it for a walk after.