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See
- Blake-Perales Home, Houston/River Oaks. 3632 Chevy Chase. One of Houston's most expensive and finest Georgian homes. Home to the notable Houston philanthropist and socialite Valerie Blake-Perales and her husband and son.
- Discovery Green Park, Houston/Downtown|Downtown. Discovery Green opened April 13, 2008. The downtown Houston park is located across Avenida de las Americas from the George R. Brown Convention Center and the Hilton Americas Hotel. Toyota Center, Houston Center and Minute Maid Park are only blocks away.
- Spec's Liquor, Houston/Midtown|Midtown. 2410 Smith Street. Phone: 713-526-8787. Owned and operated by the same Houston family since 1962, Spec's is a true destination shopping experience. The Warehouse Store is the crown jewel of all Spec's locations. With over 40,000 labels of wines, spirits, liqueurs, beers, and finer foods, Spec's indeed fills all 80,000 square feet of selling space. The deli offers the finest in deli meats, pates, domestic and imported cheeses, fresh caviar, and a complete assortment of domestic and imported smoked fish and salmon make the selection limited only by your imagination.
- Downtown Tunnel System, Houston/Downtown|Downtown. The majority of Downtown Houston's buildings are connected by an intertwining, complex tunnel system. Scores of lunch restaurants and easy access to building entrances from underground keep Houston's workforce primarily underground during the day. Only open during the weekdays, the tunnels are an interesting spectacle to observe, but try to avoid getting lost.
- Chase Tower Observatory, Houston/Downtown|Downtown. 600 Travis Street. The sky lobby on the 60th floor of the building is the observatory and free during business hours. The Chase Tower is the tallest building in Texas and the tallest five-sided building in the world.
- Space Center Houston, in Houston/Clear Lake|Clear Lake. Indoor fun space museum with lots of hands-on space-science exhibits and artifacts from the full history of U.S. space exploration. Highlights include the actual Apollo and Mercury launch vehicles, and a tour of astronaut training facilities.
- Hermann Park Approximately 455 acres in Houston/Med Center and Rice|south of Downtown which encompasses the Miller Outdoor Theater, the Houston Zoo, the Houston Museum of Natural Science, and the Hermann Park Golf Course.
- Williams Tower, in Houston/Uptown|Uptown. The largest skyscraper in the world outside of a downtown area.
- Houston Ship Channel Boat Tour, 10:30 and 2:30 Tu, We, Fr, Sa, 2:30 Th and Su. Free, reservations required. [1] One of the busiest ports in the world. Advance reservations required.
- Downtown Aquarium, Houston/Downtown|Downtown. Not just an aquarium, it has a ferris wheel and other carnival-style rides.
Museums
- Contemporary Arts Museum, 713-284-8250, 10-5 Tu-We, 10-9 Th, 10-5 Fr-Sa, noon-5 Su, closed Mo. Free admission. [2]
- Diverse Works, 1117 E. Freeway (N. Main at Naylor), 713-223-8346. Tickets@diverseworks.org. noon-6 We-Sa. Varies, some free. Alternative artwork center. [3]
- Menil Collection, Houston/Montrose|Montrose. 1515 Sul Ross. Tel: 713-525-9400. The Menil Collection is a unique museum environment located in the Montrose-area Museum District housing the collection of John and Dominique de Menil. The museum building is the centerpiece of a neighborhood featuring satellite gallery spaces and related cultural institutions set in a parklike setting.
- Houston Holocaust Museum, Houston/Midtown|Midtown. Phone: 713.942.8000. 5401 Caroline St. Holocaust Museum Houston is dedicated to educating people about the Holocaust, remembering the 6 million Jews and millions of other innocent victims and honoring the survivors' legacy. Using the lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides, the Museum teaches the dangers of hatred, prejudice and apathy to tens of thousands of people worldwide each year.
- Space Center Houston, in Houston/Clear Lake|Clear Lake. Indoor fun space museum with lots of hands-on space-science exhibits and artifacts from the full history of U.S. space exploration. Highlights include the actual Apollo and Mercury launch vehicles, and a tour of astronaut training facilities.
- Forbidden Gardens, [4] Outdoor museum (expensive and sadly incomplete) replicating some of China's historic scenes.
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