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  • Unique / Unusual / One-Of-A-Kind, Houston

    1. Unique / Unusual / One-Of-A-Kind

    Just southwest of Houston is the George Ranch in Richmond, TX. I've never been but am including this tip because many travelers want to see an "old west" or "cowboy" side of Houston -- which nowadays,...   more
  • Day Trip, Houston

    2. Day Trip

    A beautiful piece of Texan land preserved with typical bayous (river or wet land in Southern US english) and forests, nested in a bend of the river Brazos. Ideal location to observe alligators (best...   more
  • Art / Architecture / Beauty, Houston

    3. Art / Architecture / Beauty

    "Life is suffering" is one of the premises of Buddhism, but escape the hustle and bustle of Houston by visiting the Jade Buddha Temple. Built in 1989 and situated in SW Houston, this Temple serves the...   more
  • Galveston / Galveston Bay, Houston

    4. Galveston / Galveston Bay

    Drive down 288 until you can't go anymore, through Freeport,TX there is a lovely spot of raw ocean beach. The road ends and while you drive out onto the sand it almost looks like you are driving...   more
  • Food / Drink, Houston

    5. Food / Drink

    This is a great neighborhood, joint where you can get home mexican food 24-hours a day. That means after you leave the downtown bars at 2am, take your last $7 to the Spanish Flower in the Heights. You...   more
  • Clear Lake, Houston

    6. Clear Lake

    The Johnson Space Center, where NASA astronauts train, is located in the Clear Lake area. There is consequently the highest concentration in America of astronauts in this little SW corner of Houston....   more
  • Festivals / Concerts, Houston

    7. Festivals / Concerts

    At Sam Houston Park, there's an annual Jazz festival held where you can walk around and listen to different Jazz performers. This is a popular event, and worth checking out. Timings are normally...   more
  • Kemah Boardwalk, Houston

    8. Kemah Boardwalk

    The Boardwalk at Kemah (45 South) is a walkway on the water with about 10 restaurants, live music, fountains, small train, some of the minor carnival activities. Sure bring the kids but then come...   more
  • Shopping / Sports / Recreation, Houston

    9. Shopping / Sports / Recreation

    Inside the Galleria is a full sized ice rink, just in case a game of hockey needs to break out. Also with every rink of ice, you will need a zamboni, which they do in fact have. There is public...   more
  • San Jacinto State Park, Houston

    10. San Jacinto State Park

    INFORMATION In 1948, the Battleship TEXAS became the first battleship memorial museum in the U.S. That same year, on the anniversary of Texas Independence, the Texas was presented to the State of...   more
  • Hartman Suspension Bridge, Houston

    11. Hartman Suspension Bridge

    Southeast of Houston and east of Baytown is the Fred Hartman Suspension Bridge. The several shots that I got of this bridge are all from a moving vehicle with me driving! You can't pull off of the...   more
  • NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston

    12. NASA Johnson Space Center

    One of the disapointments of the visit was that the stop at the Missile park at the end tour was canceled because a thunderstorm was moving into the area. I did get this distant shot of the rocket...   more
  • Barker Reservoir, Houston

    13. Barker Reservoir

    When VT puts character limits in these boxes, they might as well have "Bill, we don't like you" in big bold letters. I like to write, and my descriptions of places tend to be long. If people don't...   more
  • Slainte Irish Pub, Houston

    14. Slainte Irish Pub

  • St. Francis Wolf Sanctuary, Houston

    15. St. Francis Wolf Sanctuary

    Situated about an hour’s drive from Houston in Montgomery County, the refuge provides shelter for non-releasable wild and captive born wolves and hybrid wolf...   more
  • Rules Of Texas, Houston

    16. Rules Of Texas

    1. Pull your droopy pants up. You look like an idiot.2. Let's get this straight, it's called a gravel road. I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter...   more
  • If you gonna play in Texas, Houston

    17. If you gonna play in Texas

    If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the bandThat lead guitar is hot but not for "Lousiana Man"So rosin up that bow for "Faded Love" and...   more
  • Rookery - Smith Oaks - High Island, Houston

    18. Rookery - Smith Oaks - High Island

    Smith Oaks rookery is an island in the middle of Claybottom Pond and the place where waterbirds roost and nest. Travel east from Houston on I-10, take the...   more
  • Houston Public Library, Houston

    19. Houston Public Library

    I love to read and I love libraries. Therefore, wherever I go I love to see the city's library!Houston's has a great story behind it![Taken from their...   more
  • Meyer Park - Great Park, No Piñatas Allowed!, Houston

    20. Meyer Park - Great Park, No Piñatas Allowed!

    I grew up going to Elizabeth Kaiser Meyer Park up on the Northwest side of town all of the time. It had been awhile since I was here last, and apparently there...   more
  • The Historic Rice Hotel Building, Houston

    21. The Historic Rice Hotel Building

    Sitting on the location in downtown Houston of the old capital building of the Republic of Texas, the Rice Hotel building, as well as the site location, have...   more
  • Houston City Hall, Houston

    22. Houston City Hall

    Located Downtown in Hermann Square at the corner of Bagby St. and Walker St. is the City Hall building. Many people visiting Houston, and many people living...   more
  • Mini China, Houston

    23. Mini China

    There is Chinese museum with an excellent precise scale model of the Forbidden City as well as of Emperor Shi Huan Di's terracota warriors.To get here, take...   more
  • Stars & Wildlife - Brazos Bend State Park, Houston

    24. Stars & Wildlife - Brazos Bend State Park

    Brazos Bend State Park is a great side trip, especially if you have kids and/ or like nature! Much more fun and interesting than most if not all attractions in...   more
  • Seashell Museum, Houston

    25. Seashell Museum

    If you are interested in sea shells, you can take South Freeway to Gulfport, where on the grounds of the local community college there is a museum of sea...   more

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