Adventure Bay Water Theme Park
Attraction type: Amusement/Theme Park; Water Park
Albert Thomas Convention Center
Houston's convention center.
Attraction type: Convention Center
Allen Parkway Loop
5-mile running trail bordering Memorial Park.
Attraction type: Jogging Path/Track
Alley Theatre
A local theatre offering play and musicals.
Attraction type: Theater
Anheuser-Busch Brewery
Attraction type: Brewery
Armand Bayou Nature Center
Not-for-profit wildlife refuge and wilderness preserve on
the southeast side of Houston.
Attraction type: Nature Center
Art Car Museum
Museum that displays classic cars in unique and artistic
ways.
Attraction type: Art Museum
Astrodome USA
Attraction type: Arena/Stadium/Field
Bayou Bend Collection
The former estate of Ima Hogg is now home to an impressive
collection of decorative arts and paintings.
Attraction type: Art Museum; Historic Home
Bayou Bend Gardens
This museum contains one of the finest collections of 18th
and 19th century decorative arts in the country.
Attraction type: Art Museum; Garden; Historic Home
Bering Memorial Methodist Church
Small, friendly church in a well-to-do neighborhood.
Attraction type: Place of Worship
Braes Bayou Trail
Thirteen-mile trail towards the southwestern part of Houston
perfect for long-distance running.
Attraction type: Jogging Path/Track
Buffalo Exchange
Attraction type: Specialty Shop
Byzantine Chapel Fresco Museum
A small chapel featuring Byzantine frescoes of religious
images.
Attraction type: Art Museum; Place of Worship
Children's Museum of Houston
Hands-on interactive exhibits in the areas of science and
technology, history and culture, health and human
development, and the arts.
Attraction type: Children's Museum
Contemporary Arts Museum
A "non-collecting" museum featuring rotating exhibits on
contemporary art.
Attraction type: Art Museum
Detering Book Gallery
A unique book store with an international reputation among
collectors, Detering Book Gallery sells rare and out of
print books as well as regular used stock.
Attraction type: Specialty Shop
Downtown Historic District Market Square
Historic and hip bar/restaurant and entertainment
neighborhood in Houston.
Attraction type: Neighborhood
Fleet Feet Sports
Specialty sports store catering mainly to runners.
Attraction type: Specialty Shop
Galleria
Sprawling network of hotels, restaurants, and shops circling
a giant indoor ice skating rink.
Attraction type: Town Center/Square/Plaza; Mall
Glazed Over Ceramic Studios
Attraction type: Specialty Shop
Heritage Society Museum
Attraction type: History Museum
Hermann Park
The first public park in Houston, featuring picnic areas,
hiking trails and lots of dog walking areas.
Attraction type: Park
Ho Chi Minh Trails
4-8 miles of dirt trails popular for running and mountain
biking, located within Memorial Park.
Attraction type: Jogging Path/Track
Holocaust Museum Houston
Attraction type: History Museum
Houston Arboretum and Nature Center
Attraction type: Nature Center
Houston Ballet
Houston Ballet is America's fifth largest ballet company, an
ensemble of fifty-one dancers who are known nation-wide.
Houston Garden Center
Attraction type: Garden
Houstonian Golf Club
This championship 18-hole course, Par 72 at 7100 yards, was
named "Top Ten You Can Play" by Golf Magazine.
Attraction type: Golf Course
Houston Grand Opera
Opera house in Houston that features opera presentations
throughout the year.
Attraction type: Opera
Houston Zoo
Attraction type: Zoo
Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts
A performing arts hall home to the Houston Symphony, Houston
Grand Opera and the Houston Ballet.
Attraction type: Symphony; Opera; Ballet
Johnson Space Center
Guided tours through designated buildings, including the
Skylab Mission Simulation and Training Building.
Attraction type: Tour; Government Building
La Carafe
A wine bar located in the oldest building in Houston, Texas.
Attraction type: Bar/Club
Memorial Park
Popular among bikers, hikers, roller bladers, ball players
and spoiled dogs (on leashes, please!).
Attraction type: Park
Menil Collection
Well-respected art museum in Houston that features such
surrealist works by Salvador Dali and Max Ernst.
Attraction type: Art Museum; Art Gallery; Architectural
Building; Museum
Mercury Room
Jazz and blues club featuring stunning Art Deco staircase.
Attraction type: Jazz Bar
Minute Maid Park
Attraction type: Arena/Stadium/Field
Museum District
Attraction type: Museum Complex
Museum of Fine Arts
Fabulous collections of art.
Attraction type: Art Museum
Museum of Health and Medical Science
Interesting science center that creatively explains the
workings of the human body.
Attraction type: Science Museum
Museum of Natural Science
Recommended museum in Houston that features an IMAX feature,
a planetarium, and a butterfly center.
Attraction type: Natural History Museum;
Observatory/Planetarium; Science Museum; Theater
Museum of Printing History
Attraction type: Specialty Museum; History Museum
Music Hall
A large, renovated theater housing musical and theatrical
productions.
Attraction type: Theater
National Museum of Funeral History
A museum containing funerary artifacts from the 19th and
20th centuries.
Attraction type: History Museum
Orange Show
A celebration of everyone's favorite citric fruit: art and
memorabilia of and about the orange.
Attraction type: Architectural Building; Specialty Museum
Rice University Trail
3-mile running path around the Rice University campus.
Attraction type: Jogging Path/Track
Rothko Chapel
A tribute to contemporary art: this beautiful building
contains 14 paintings by the famous artist Mark Rothko and a
sculpture by Barnett Newman.
Attraction type: Place of Worship; Art Museum
RunSport
Specialty store that serves as a center for everything
running in Houston.
Attraction type: Specialty Shop
Sam Houston Park
Park containing seven historic homes, an oasis of antiquity
in the heart of the bustling modern city.
Attraction type: Urban Park
San Jacinto Battleground
Site of battle resulting in Texas's independence from
Mexico.
Attraction type: Historic Site
Space Center Houston
Official visitor's center for NASA that features space
flight hardware and an IMAX theater.
Attraction type: Science Museum; Amusement/Theme Park
Stelzig's Western Wear
The "Most Western Store in Houston" offers western apparel,
boots and accessories.
Attraction type: Specialty Shop
Theatre under the Stars
Outdoor Broadway shows put on in Hermann Park are very high
quality with a big orchestra and lots of singers and
dancers.
Attraction type: Park; Theater
Tunnels
To avoid the hot sun Houstonians get around through
underground tunnels that connect 55 buildings.
Wortham Center
This majestic theater houses the Houston Ballet and the
Houston Grand Opera.
Attraction type: Theater
