Attractions
Museum District
Set within a scenic part of central Houston is the city's Museum
District, featuring 16 varied and interesting institutions and
numerous restaurants set among some lovely green spaces like
Hermann Park. One of the highlights in the area is the Byzantine
Fresco Chapel on...
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For a touch of the bizarre call at the Orange Show to see how
obsession can become art. A former postman spent 26 years of his
life assembling a collection of weird and wonderful objects and
meshing them together into a labyrinth of...
see full detailsSam Houston Historical Park
The Sam Houston Historical Park near the city’s visitor
centre in Bagby Street provides visitors with a large as life look
at Houston history. The 19-acre park features seven of the
city’s oldest buildings that have been restored and relocated
here. The oldest building...
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The magnificent muted pink mansion in the marshy elbow of
Buffalo Bayou in Houston's River Oaks area was the home of Miss Ima
Hogg, a woman much loved in the community until her death in 1975,
at the age of 93. Miss Hogg...
see full detailsNational Museum of Funeral History
At Barren Springs near Houston’s International Airport is
the unusual private museum run by a major funeral company in the
United States, dedicated to funeral memorabilia. Customs, rituals
and traditions associated with burial from ancient Egypt to the
present day are covered in this...
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