
Ziplining -- flying from tree to tree on a wire -- gives you a bird's-eye view of animals in treetops and the ground below.

Think you have to be in the circus to swing on the flying trapeze? Wrong! You can take a lesson at one of the flying trapeze schools in cities from New York to California. Photo: Carol Haynes, Trapeze School of New York
Quite simply, this may be the most luxurious ranch you'll ever visit. Owned by billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, the Teton Ridge Ranch 10,000-square-foot lodge sits in the middle of 4,400 wild acres, next to National Forest Land.
Think you have to be in the circus to swing on the flying trapeze? Wrong! Push your personal limits taking a lesson at the flying trapeze schools that are open from New York to California. If you'd like to see how easy it can be, check out this video on learning to swing on a flying trapeze
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Kids play with toy bulldozers and excavators in a sandbox. At Dig This, in Steamboat, Colorado, you get to spend a half- or a full-day using real bulldozers and excavators building roads, digging ditches and moving rocks, in the first heavy equipment arena in the United States. If you'd like to see how much fun it is to play with the heavy equipment check out Dig This?
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