Staying home, isolated, and bored, people are turning to the internet to liven up their day.

Many are discovering a new form of entertainment that includes virtual tours, live camera feeds, and virtual educational activities. 

All are just a click away.

Day dreaming of being some where else, try one of these links for an exciting visual journey outside of your home:

• Hawaii Islands – Beaches, Hikes, Gardens and More
• Holy Land Tour
• Iconic Worldwide Locations and Monuments
• Places Throughout the World
• The Catacombs of Paris
• The Great Wall of China
• The Metropolitan Opera
• The Palace of Versailles
• Virtual Journeys Around the World
• Winchester Mystery House Free Tour
• 360-degree videos and images of worldwide cities

Animal lovers can watch exciting animal antics:

• Atlanta Zoo Panda Cam
• Georgia Aquarium Live Cams
• Houston Zoo 6 Live Cams
• Monterery Bay Aquarium 10 Live Cams
• Phoenix Zoo Digital Safaris
• San Diego Zoo Videos and Live Cams

Numerous entities have created special home programs for children during the school closures. Some feature daily activities to stimulate children and keep their interests.

Interesting educational topics and tidbits can be discovered with the links below:

• Anne Frank House
• Buckingham Palace
• Canadian Farm and Food Tours
• Daily Activities from Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM)
• Daily Projects from Scholastic Learn at Home
• Draw with Rob draw along videos
• Explorer Classroom from National Geographic
• Free coloring sheets from around the world
• George Washington’s Home at Mount Vernon
• International Space Station Tour
• Mount Everest
• Power Plant Tour
• The Virtual Rainforest
• The White House
• Worldwide Historical Events

For those missing the great outdoors, The National Park Service offers the following virtual tours:

• Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah
• Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico
• Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida
• Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park in Hawai’i
• Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska
• Yellowstone Series

Museums are increasing their social media presence and many have virtual tours as the COVID-19 crisis is forcing their closures.

Over 2,000 museums and galleries worldwide share their collections through a collaboration with Google Arts & Culture. Use the explore icon located in the lower right hand corner of image to explore the museums.

Google’s list of some of the top museums:

• The British Museum, London
• The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
• MASP, São Paulo
• Musée d’Orsay, Paris
• National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
• National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
• Pergamon Museum, Berlin
• Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
• Uffizi Gallery, Florence

These local Arizona sites offer virtual tours:

• Arizona Capitol Museum, Phoenix
• Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin West, Scottsdale 
• Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix

Artnet News spoke with Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, director of The Castello di Rivoli museum in Turin, Italy. Christov-Bakargiev says it is the museum’s “public duty” to place the collections and exhibits online since they closed.

“It is important for people’s state of mind,” Christov-Bakargiev said.