The sleek glass architecture of this aquarium is nearly as impressive as the exhibits inside. When you walk down the corridors, your head will tip back so you can gawk at the life-size blue whale suspended above. Though none of the 12,000+ living creatures in the aquarium are quite as sizeable, they make up for it in other ways. Jellyfish float like eerie flying saucers in miniature; sea lions splash and bellow; and sharks slice knife-like through the clear waters.