Most of the registrations that we have been receiving are coming with the question: "since we are planning to stay in Houston for a few more days, what places can we visit?"
Here is a list of a few interesting places that Houston offers to both residents and visitors (we will also be adding a list of the top 10 restaurants):
Space Center Houston
Houston's top attraction is the official visitor's center for NASA, where simulations allow you to experience what it's like to walk in space or land on the moon. Visitors can also tour the NASA control center.
Attraction type:
Science museum; Amusement/theme park; Government building; Tour; Other
Museum of Fine Arts
The first municipal art museum in Texas is most well-known for its Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, and also includes Baroque and Renaissance art, African tribal art, a sculpture garden and a teaching wing, where the works of students and top Texas artists are displayed.
Attraction type:
Art museum; Other
Houston Museum of Natural Science
This outstanding science museum has a spectacular collection of mineral specimens, a dinosaur skeleton, space-station models, a planetarium, IMAX theater and a six-story butterfly center in which these beautiful creatures land delicately on outstretched arms.
Attraction type:
Natural history museum; Observatory/planetarium; Science museum; Theater; Museum; Other
Menil Collection
One of the greatest private art collections in the U.S. features such surrealist works as those by Salvador Dali and Max Ernst, and offers visitors a sign-free and simply-designed environment in which to experience the art in a more personal way. The main building is accompanied by four satellite buildings.
Attraction type:
Art museum; Art gallery; Architectural building; Museum; Other
Hermann Park
The first public park in Houston provides a wooded site with picnic areas, running trails, lots of on-leash dog walking areas, the Houston Zoological Gardens, a public golf course and an outdoor theater featuring plays and live music.
Attraction type:
Park
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; Other
Byzantine Chapel Fresco Museum
A small chapel featuring Byzantine frescoes of religious images.
Attraction type:
Art museum; Religious site; Other
Contemporary Arts Museum
A "non-collecting" museum featuring rotating exhibits on contemporary art.
Attraction type:
Art museum; Other
San Jacinto Battleground
Site of battle resulting in Texas's independence from Mexico.
Attraction type:
Historic site; Monument
Memorial Park
Popular among bikers, hikers, roller bladers, ball players and spoiled dogs (on leashes, please!).
Attraction type:
Park
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:
Religious site; Art museum
Museum of Health and Medical Science
Interesting science center that creatively explains the workings of the human body.
Attraction type:
Science museum
Heritage Society Museum
Attraction type:
History museum
Houston Arboretum and Nature Center
Attraction type:
Nature center
The Galleria
Sprawling network of hotels, restaurants, and shops circling a giant indoor ice skating rink.
Attraction type:
Town center/square/plaza; Mall; Other
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