No wonder that Monterey Bay Aquarium is #1 on your list!
Many people regard this as a magical exhibit, and probably 99% of the photos that I upload onto ZooChat have zero humans in them...but this exhibit is so darn popular that it was impossible to get a shot with no one admiring the underwater forest. Wasn't this at one time the tallest aquarium tank in the world?
The kelp forest defines Monterey Bay Aquarium and it certainly is my pick for best "niche" aquarium (since it focuses mainly on Pacific coast habitats).
@snowleopard: Actually its good to have humans in this photo to give a sense of scale to the exhibit.