The human memory begins to record events around age 3, a phenomenon discovered in 1898 by a man who has since been forgotten. Keep beloved memories intact with today’s Groupon to Full Metal Photos. Choose from the following options:

• For $38, you get an 11"x14" metal-printed photograph (a $89 value).
• For $48, you get a 16"x20" metal-printed photograph (a $112 value).
• For $88, you get a 24"x30" metal-printed photograph (a $175 value).

Full Metal Photos specializes in photo printing, combining aircraft-grade aluminum with state-of-the-art digital-production technologies. The shop’s skilled photosmiths bring out the vibrant colors and details of photos by heat-infusing images onto polished aluminum heated to 425 degrees. After selecting an image, customers can choose between the industrial sheer-aluminum finish, recommended for sepia and black-and-white photographs, or the polar-white aluminum finish, good for bringing out the richness of colors. The resulting waterproof print is more durable than traditional canvas prints and comes equipped with a one-inch hanging block, which keeps prints from touching hanging surfaces, giving claustrophobic walls the space they need.

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Children occupied by summer activities are shown to be less likely to play Angry Birds or hang out with stray dogs that are willing to fetch actual angry birds. Keep kids away from man’s worst friend with this Groupon.

Choose from Three Options

• $35 for a full-day summer camp, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (a $70 value)
• $15 for an afternoon half-day summer camp, from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. (a $30 value)
• $15 for a morning half-day summer camp, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (a $30 value)

Themed camp days, such as Space and Beyond or Tour de France, take morning learners on an adventure within the museum, or to a nearby facility, and ignite mind-fires with hands-on experiments and well-directed questions. Afternoon sessions embark on voyages throughout the museum as well, and, if cats and dogs don't flee their sky kennels, venture out of doors to the Seattle Center Campus for experiential lessons in engineering, culture, and writing. Campers opting for a full day of learning are treated to both morning and afternoon sessions, with a two-hour lunch-and-play to enjoy home-packed meals and team games, such as Capture the Flag or rocking-horse polo. Summer camps take place Monday–Friday, starting on Monday, May 28.

Our customers loved this deal last year, earning The Children's Museum, Seattle a spot on Groupon's Best of 2011 list.

The Children's Museum, Seattle

The Children's Museum, Seattle inspires curiosity and creativity in children between 10 months and 10 years with 22,000 square feet of hands-on exhibits that explore science, arts, and cultural education. The museum's collection of permanent exhibits boosts brainpower with feats of engineering, miniature global villages, an aquarium, and a theater, where kids can don costumes and reenact famous monologues from Sponge Bob. The museum heightens the joy of discovery with such activities as summer camps, birthday parties, partnership outreach, and after-hours events.

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Since the rise of the Internet, people have struggled to tear their now-useless phone books in half. Bulk up to succeed where others have failed with this Groupon.

$35 for 30 Zumba Classes ($270 Value)

• 25 classes per week led by certified instructors
• Choreography changes regularly and is set to upbeat Top 40 music
• Supervised kids' play area for ages 3 and older

The 25 classes are not sharable between multiple people. Though Dojo Zumba sometimes features a discounted price online, this Groupon still offers the best deal available.

Dojo Zumba

Inside a newly constructed 7,000-square-foot facility, Dojo Zumba's certified and seasoned instructors lead up to 90 hip-shakers in a variety of dance moves that slim and tone bodies to the tune of Top 40 music. Instructors demonstrate the swiveling cardio motions and muscle-isolating exercises atop a raised platform, allowing students to easily replicate the motions on the wooden dance floor without sweat-proofing their opera glasses. The 25 weekly classes incorporate Top 40 dance hits with regularly updated choreography to keep minds engaged while preventing fitness plateaus. While adult guests participate in kinesthetic renaissances, a watchful staffer supervises kids aged 3 and older as they amble around the kids' play area. The fitness center also features conveniences such as a changing room and ample parking, offering easy access that encourages patrons to fit workouts into their daily routines instead of fitting them into someone else's.

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Unwanted hair, like an unwanted houseguest, will eventually act like it owns the television remote. Maintain control of your domain with this Groupon.

Choose from Three Options

• $19 for a brow consultation and shaping (a $38 value)
• $25 for a 40-minute facial (a $55 value), which includes aromatherapy body and facial massage, hydrotherapy, and recommendations for at-home care
• $40 for a brow consultation and shaping and a 40-minute facial (a $93 value)

Blend Herbal Spa

Within Blend Herbal Spa's coffee-hued cottage, aestheticians attend to guests with a menagerie of services. Patrons cruise past potted herbs, ready to conceal or remove unwanted hair with waxing, threading, and tinting treatments. Cobalt-blue bottles conceal products from NYR Organic, which flaunt cleansing and age-concealing abilities and rely on the natural powers of plants.

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Wildlife Refuge Safari in Zululand and Luxurious Accommodations in Cape Town

Big Five refers to the lion, the African elephant, the cape buffalo, the leopard, and the rhinoceros. The term originated with big-game hunters, as these animals were considered to be the most prized pelts in the world. Today, all members of the Big Five save the buffalo are classified as endangered, vulnerable, or near threatened. But it’s still possible to observe these majestic creatures up-close in a protected, natural environment at Thanda Private Game Reserve in South Africa’s northern Zululand, where the animals roam more than 34,000 acres of rehabilitated farmland. Guests can go on safari and scope out metropolitan Cape Town with today’s Getaway from Africa Answers.

Click here for a day-by-day itinerary of the trip.

Days 1–3: Tour-takers depart on an Emirates airline coach-class flight from one of six U.S. cities, touching down in Dubai before moving on to Cape Town. Passengers will travel overnight on the aircraft.

A company representative will meet guests at the airport before escorting them to Pepper Club Luxury Hotel & Spa. Heralded by CNN Traveller as the Best Luxury Hotel in South Africa, Pepper Club dazzles with a beachfront restaurant and nightclub and an indoor pool with panoramic views of Table Mountain. Throughout the trip, guests will have complimentary access to the shuttle service between the hotel, waterfront and beach before returning to stay in a one bedroom superior deluxe suite.

Days 4–6: The first full day in Cape Town begins with a guided half-day city tour. The morning is devoted to a guided tour of city sights such as the Castle of Good Hope, the oldest colonial building in the country. On Days 5 and 6, guests have free rein to take a self-guided tour of the town; the Pepper Club’s 24-hour concierge service can provide ideas for exploration.

Days 7–9: The tour takes a dramatic turn when guests transfer to Thanda Private Game Reserve via a flight to Durban on South Africa’s east coast. At Thanda, guests will spend two days on safari, hopping on open-topped Land Rovers to traverse the expansive reserve during morning and afternoon guided tours. The Big Five animals all make their home on the reserve and can sometimes be seen alongside wild dogs, cheetahs, and awestruck Ernest Hemingways. At night, sojourners will stay in tented safari camps, which accentuate the safari experience with regal four-poster beds, en suite bathrooms, and staggering views of the game reserve.

Days 10–11: The journey ends when guests fly out of the Durban airport on an Emirates airline flight, connecting once again through Dubai.

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People are attracted to bright smiles, like moths to a flame or mechanical moths to giant electromagnets. Improve your pull with this Groupon.

Choose Between Two Options

• $69 for two 20-minute teeth-whitening sessions performed in one office visit (a $199 value)
• $39 for a take-home whitening kit equipped with two trays and storage case, accelerator light, and enough carbamide peroxide for six whitening treatments (a $129 value)

Brightway Smile

Brightway Smile swiftly exorcises stains from oral porcelains with a whitening process that employs dental-grade hydrogen-peroxide gel or carbamide-peroxide gel for sensitive incisors. Patrons brush and rinse mouth stones before donning dark sunglasses and relaxing in chairs to meditate with iPod tunes or internal recitations of Vogue while teeth brighten. The treatment foregoes trays, allowing patients to uniformly coat their own chompers with a powerful solution that fizzes into enamel and whitewashes stains. Staffers zap gel-shrouded smiles with a cool blue LED light that automatically powers down after 20 minutes. A second treatment immediately follows the first to further brighten and extend the lifespan of clients' smiles for roughly a year or until their next tie-dye milkshake. Brightway Smile also supplies take-home kits and touch-up pens to keep bicuspids camera-ready in the comfort of their abodes.

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The electric-powered boat is an efficient and environmentally friendly alternative to the sailboat, which cannot move forward until it receives a gust from 50 gas-powered leaf-blowers. Take to the sea more efficiently with this Groupon.

$89 for a Two-Hour Electric Boat Rental (a $178 Value)

• 21-foot boats seat up to 10 adults
• Table, CD player, and sound system
• Boats can be fully enclosed and heated

Our customers loved this deal last year, earning The Electric Boat Company a spot on Groupon's Best of 2011 list.

The Electric Boat Company

The Electric Boat Company harbors a fleet of trusty, battery-powered boats that glide leisurely on the placid waters of Lake Union. Up to 10 passengers may board the 21-foot Duffy boats and lounge on their leather seats. Renters can take turns steering the boat in the cabin area, which can be kept open to invite in the breeze or fully closed to avoid being poked by an airborne marlin. Each boat is decked out with a table to hold snacks and drinks, along with a CD player and iPod jack that feeds into an integrated sound system.

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The ocean has long been a stage for humanity's grandest achievements, from Magellan’s circumnavigation of the globe to Columbus’s discovery that lobsters look like tiny monsters. Set sail for seafood with this Groupon.

Choose Between Two Options

• $20 for $40 worth of seafood and American fare for dinner, valid only at Acquabar Bistro and Lounge
• $10 for $20 worth of seafood and American fare for lunch, valid only at the café adjacent to Acquabar Bistro and Lounge

Dinner fare includes fish tacos ($9.95) and seared salmon ($14.95), and lunch fare includes two-piece fish 'n' chips ($5.95) and paninis ($5.50).

Acquabar Bistro and Lounge

Northwestern ingredients swim through Acquabar Bistro and Lounge's menu of homestyle American fare and seafood entrees, and fresh fruit and herbs infuse the bar's list of inventive cocktails. On weekdays, Acquabar's adjacent café specializes in casual lunches such as toasty grilled paninis and espresso with coffee beans from Caffe D'arte, and the restaurant's bistro and lounge invites dinner diners to luxuriate amid modern hardwood décor and feast on regional American entrees including Cajun catfish and po boys crafted from local oysters. Owner and experienced restaurateur David Leong, who was once profiled in Seattle Weekly, also attracts late-night revelers with live music, DJs, and sultry mermaid vocalists.

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New England–Style Boutique Inn on Puget Sound Shores

The waters of Ludlow Bay, a protected cove of the Puget Sound, are more tranquil than most, frequented by blue herons that stand guard in its mist and paddling otters. The Resort at Port Ludlow sits on the tree-lined shore, channeling the sound's calm spirit, and providing access to its streams with a 300-slip marina replete with rentable kayaks and electric boats. Nearby, private rooms overlook the gentle bay, and a world-class golf course provides land-based adventures.

Although The Resort at Port Ludlow is located far from the eastern seaboard, the 37-room boutique inn is reminiscent of Cape Cod with its colorful cottages, bay windows, and rooms decorated with fireplaces and oversize jacuzzi tubs. Yet the resort showcases its own regional specialties with fresh seafood from the Pacific, served inside the Fireside restaurant or atop its verandah, which faces the Olympic Mountain range. Renowned golf architect Robert Muir Graves designed the onsite Port Ludlow Golf Club, which Esquire called “one of the most beautiful courses in the world." The course is certified as an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary, meaning both golfers and white-tailed deer can roam the fairways and exchange swing tips.

Port Ludlow, Washington: Recreational Community on the Olympic Peninsula

Port Ludlow, a 30-minute ferry ride from Seattle, resides along the northwest coast of the Puget Sound’s Main Basin and just minutes from historical seaport Port Townsend. Because of its location in the “rain shadow” of the Olympic Mountains, the area gets much less rain than other parts of the Northwest, making it a popular destination for hikers, bikers, and water-soluble witches.

Just 15 miles to the south is Olympic National Park, where tall peaks and valleys host hikers and native animals, including black-tailed deer. A trail trek to Ludlow Falls yields views of an active salmon stream, in which the inhabitant fish regularly struggle against the current lay their eggs.

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