If you're looking to really awaken your senses, head into DC at the Smithsonian campus and wander into the Hirshhorn Museum of Modern Art. The museum boasts several cutting edge exhibits filled with sculpture, color, video, space, motion, sound and texture.

Currently featured is the exhibit Suprasensorial, featuring five international artists playing with larger than life art displays. Not your traditional art by any means, but rather contemporary and reviving the senses from the typical wall-to-wall paintings of other exhibits. Here you will find yourself consumed by the art, and lost in a world of sensorial stimulation.

Also featured at the Hirshhorn (and has been extended due to popular demand) is the Doug Aitken outdoor, after hours projection project. His exhibit entitled Song 1 plays from Sundown to Midnight each night and includes vignettes that explore "the perfect pop song". Definitely a must see in D.C., as this museum-sized music video project is attracting large crowds on a nightly basis!

The Hirshhorn Museum is located on 7th and Independence, next to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in the National Mall. Hours are 10am-5:30pm daily and admission is free!

Zoos do more for animals than just give them a place to live. A good zoo will serve as a location for rare and endangered animals to be bred, studied and protected, as well as an entertaining way for people to learn about the animal kingdom. Here are five of the world’s best.

The San Diego Zoo is widely considered the best zoo in the United States. This massive animal park boasts over 4,000 animals including the endangered giant panda. On over 100 acres, this zoo takes all day to visit.

The Singapore Zoo is famous for its incredible landscape design. A step above the architecture of most zoos, the habitats for the variety of animals on display here are beautiful and comfortable.

The National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, located in Pretoria, is a tremendous facility with over 2,500 animals. The vast majority of them were born and bred in captivity.

On the East Coast, the Bronx Zoo is one of the most famous zoos in America. With 250 acres to explore, this zoo is split up by the continent of origin of each animal, and features a number of rare species including endangered Siberian tigers.

Vienna’s Tiergarten Schonbrunn is the oldest zoo in the world – it was opened in 1752. In addition to a great selection of animals, the classic Baroque-style zoo buildings are awesome to look at.

Wishing all of the mothers a very happy and relaxing Mother's Day surrounded by the ones you love.