Travel and Explore Houston, TX!

Houston, TX Houston is named after Sam Houston who served as a general of the Texas army and president of the Republic of Texas. It's the largest city in Texas and fourth largest in the nation. The area was established on the Buffalo Bayou by the Allen brothers in August 1836. Houston is one of the nation's largest seaports. Major annual events include the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Houston International Festival, and the largest livestock exposition in the state with championship cowboys and popular entertainers.  American Funeral Service Museum  415 Barren Springs Dr.  Houston  Texas  (281) 876-3063  The museum has a collection of hearses, coffins caskets and other displays that traces the history of funerals from the early Egyptians to the present.  Anheuser-busch Brewery  775 Gellhorn Rd.  Houston  Texas  (713) 670-1695 or 670-1696  There are tours of the facility end in the hospitality room.  Astrodome  Harris County Domed Stadium, jct. I-610 and Kirby Dr.  Houston  Texas  (713) 799-9555 or 799-9595  There are trussed beams that is braced in a diamond pattern. There is a seating of 55,000 to 76,000 that the statium homes of the Houston Astros, Houston Oilers and the University of Houston Cougars.  Bayou Bend  1 Westcott St.  Houston  Texas  (713) 639-7750  It is housed in the former home of philanthropist Miss Ima Hogg. It's a collection of decorative arts is displayed in 28 room settings that traces the evolution in American style.  Blaffer Gallery  entrance 16 to the University of Houston  Houston  Texas  (713) 743-9530  It is the Fine Arts Building on th e central campus.  Children's Museum of Houston  1500 Binz St.  Houston  Texas  (713) 522-1138  It has hands-on displays that offers such subjucts as history, science, cultural and the arts.  Contempory Arts Museum  5216 Montrose at Bissonnet  Houston  Texas  (713) 526-3129  It contains changing displays that are focused on recent themes in art as well as on international, national and Texas artists.  George R. Brown Convention Center    Houston  Texas    It contains 417,000 square feet of displays, a 3,600-seat theater, 43 meeting rooms and a 31,000 square-foot ballroom.  Heritage Society, The  1100 Bagby St., Sam Houston Park  Houston  Texas  (713) 655-1912  It's a outdoor museum presenting seven 19th-century structures and also three galleries that features Texas history.  Hermann Park  600 Fannin  Houston  Texas  (713) 845-1000  It is a wooden 400-acre park. There are baseball, golf, bicycling, picnicking, hiking, tennis and horseback riding (no rentals).  Houston Arboreetum and Nature Center  4501 Woodway Dr.  Houston  Texas  (713) 681-8433  It's a 155-acre nature sanctuary supporting many species of native plants and wildlife.  Houston Civic Center  on Capital, between Bagby and Milam Sts.  Houston  Texas  (713) 237-1439    Houston Fire Museum  2403 Milam  Houston  Texas  (713) 524-2526  It contains fire equipment, displays about the history of fire fighting and videotapes about safety and fires.  Houston Museum of Natural Science  1 Hermann Circle Dr.  Houston  Texas  (713) 639-4600 for the museum, or 639-4629 for the theater  It has displays about anthropology, astronomy, paleontology, geology and natural history. There is an IMAX Theatre shows natural-science films on a six story, 80-foot-wide screen.  Houston Zoological Gardens  1513 North MacGregor Way.  Houston  Texas  (713) 525-3300  It displays in the 50-acre zoo include a rain forest aviary, a gorilla habitat.  Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts    Houston  Texas    It is the home to the Houston Symphony and also the Society for the Performing Arts.  Menil Collection, The  1515 Sul Ross  Houston  Texas  (713) 525-9400  It's in a stucture that is designed by Renzo Piano. The changing displays draw from more than 10,000 pieces of Byzantine and Medievel art.  Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The  1001 Bissonnet  Houston  Texas  (713) 639-7300 for English or 639-7379  It includes more than 27,000 European, American, African and Far Eastern art objects, which includes the Finnigan Collection of ancient art.  Museum of Printing History  1324 W. Clay  Houston  Texas  (713) 522-4652  It exhibits antique printing equipment, etchings, engravings and ancient documents.  Music Hall    Houston  Texas    It's a theater seating 3,000. It contains musical and dramatic productions throughout the year.  Port of Houston Turning Basin  7300 block of Clinton Rd.  Houston  Texas  (713) 670-2416  The basin heads the 50-mile Houston Ship Channel. There are also views of the docks and busy basin from an observation platform atop Wharf 9.  Rothko Chapel  3900 Yupon St., Sul Ross  Houston  Texas  (713) 524-9839  It is an intimate sanctuary designed by architect Philip Johnson for people of all faiths.  Sam Houston Coliseum    Houston  Texas    It has a seating of 11,500. It accommodates sporting events, concerts and other activities.  Six Flags Astroworld  9001 Kirby Dr.  Houston  Texas  (713) 799-1234  It's a 75-acre amusement park with more than 100 rides and more.  Space Center Houston  NASA Rd. 1  Houston  Tennessee  (281) 244-2105 or (800) 972-0369  It contains hands-on experience of space exploration.  Tranquillity Park  Rusk and Bagby sts.  Houston  Texas    There are five towers resembling rockets rise from the 32-level fountain.  Waterworld  9001 Kirby Dr.  Houston  Texas  (713) 799-8404 or 799-1234  It is a water park with a variety of facilities that contains body slides, a surf area, an inner-tubing river and a children's area.  Wortham Theater Center    Houston  Texas  (281) 546-0281  There are two theaters with seating for 2,248 and 1,100 is the home of the Houston Grand Opera and the Houston Ballet.