1. Explore 100 acres of living American history at Historic Richmond Town. The retro site (some buildings date back to the 17th century) is especially fun when it hosts special events, like its upcoming Independence Day Celebration, with pie-baking demos, ice-cream churning, a parade and old-school costumed characters. Since that's in July, you'll have to pay full price: $5 for adults, $3.50 for children 5-17, and free for kids under 5. Visit in June and get the two-for-one deal. Click here to download your coupon.

2. Get up close and personal with the animals at the Staten Island Zoo. The spot's most famous resident is weather prognosticating groundhog, Staten Island Chuck.

3. Catch a family-friendly show at the ornate St. George Theater. Built in 1929, it has an incredible Spanish and Italian Baroque interior, and stained-glass chandeliers.

4. Peruse the largest collection of Tibetan art in the West at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art.

5. Wander around the Staten Island Museum, which houses an extensive exhibit about the Staten Island Ferry and the Wall of Insects. Click here to download your two-for-one admission coupon. When you visit, be sure to check out other attractions in St. George (a.k.a. the neighborhood around the ferry terminal) including hot dog haven Gourmet Dog.

6. Play at the Staten Island Children's Museum, which happens to be housed at the glorious Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden. The tranquil New York Chinese Scholar's Garden is also located on the grounds. Enjoy two-for-one admission to all of Snug Harbor in June. Click here to download your coupon.

7. Rent a rowboat in one of the best parks in the city: Clove Lakes Park. It also has a really cool playground with an awesome sprinkler, and you can bike around and feed the ducks, who live there year-round.

8. Speaking of parks, there's also the lovely Silver Lake Park, Staten Island's answer to Central Park, and the in-the-process-of-being-built Freshkills Park. Once it's finished (in a few decades or so), it will be 2,200 acres, making it almost three times the size of Central Park. Pretty impressive, especially since it used to be a landfill. Parts of the park are currently open, and there are tours of the site going on all summer.

9. Swim at SI's free beaches, which also have sprinklers, a lively boardwalk and playgrounds.

10. Go kayaking for free and enjoy seriously sweet views of the Verrazano Bridge.

11. Ride the Victorian Carousel for All Children. It can accommodate children with physical disabilities, hence it's name.

12. Learn about the borough's strong Italian-American community and history at the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum. The institution celebrates the heritage primarily through two major Italian figures: Giuseppe Garibaldi, who spent time on Staten Island as a candle maker and lived in the building where the museum is housed, and Antonio Meucci, the "true inventor of the telephone." It also hosts cultural events. Click here to download your two-for-one admission coupon.

13. Learn about Sandy Ground, the oldest community established by freed slaves in North America, at the Sandy Ground Historical Museum. Sandy Ground also served as a spot on the Underground Railroad, and descendants of the original settlers still live there today. Click here to download your two-for-one admission coupon.

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