The Newport Aquarium gets in on the Shark Week hysteria with its own special programming (sans Sharknados). Meet rare shark rays, watch a shark feeding, pet a shark, see someone dive into a tank of sharks and more.
Daily events through Aug. 17. $23 adults; $15 children. Newport Aquarium, Newport on the Levee, Newport, Ky., newportaquarium.com.
This article appears in Aug 6-12, 2014.