Any good places to visit in Houston, TX?

Question

Im going to Houston soon and i was just wondering if anyone knows of any places that are especially good and i should see/do. thankss

Answer 1

MIDTOWN (Midtown Houston is a district southwest of Downtown Houston, Texas, bordered by the Montrose area and U.S. Highway 59.)
Midtown has become one of the hotest nightspots in town, and is filled with a number of restaurants, bars, theatres, and art galleries.
Some notable restaurants are:
Julia's Bistro
The Fish
The Breakfast Klub
Farrago World Cuisine
Ponzo's Italian Food
T'afia
Van Loc
The Ensemble Theater in Midtown Houston. Also seen are the two kinds of street signs on the same pole (one for Midtown and one for the Main Street Corridor) that are seen along Main Street in Midtown.Bars include:
Pub Fiction
Red Door
Front Porch Pub
Wet Spot
Little Woodrow's
Tipsy Clover
Theatres, art galleries, and museums, which include:
The Ensemble Theater (a theater that focuses on African-American themed plays)
The Community Artists' Collective
Houston Fire Museum
Houston Center for Contemporary Arts
Lawndale Art Center
Midtown Art Center
Destiny's Child's Recording Studio

THE GALLERIA (just outside the city's I-610 inner beltway)
Anchor Stores:
Macy's (Galleria IV) (opened 2003 as Foley's, became Macy's 2006)
Macy's (Galleria III) (opened 1986)
Neiman Marcus (opened 1969)
Nordstrom (opened 2003)
Saks Fifth Avenue {opened 1997)
Other notable stores in the Galleria include:
Adrienne Vittadini
Anne Fontaine
Apple Store
A/X Armani Exchange
Baccarat
Bally of Switzerland
Bang & Olufsen
Barneys New York CO-OP
BCBG Max Azria
Betsey Johnson
Brooks Brothers
Bulgari
Burberry
Cartier
Chanel
CH Carolina Herrera
Christian Dior
Christofle
Club Monaco
Coach
Cole Haan
David Yurman
Discovery Channel
Disney
Duo
Emporio Armani
Energie
Fendi
Fila
Forth & Towne
French Connection
Gianni Versace
Giorgio Armani
Gucci
Jacadi
Jessica McClintock
Jimmy Choo
Kate Spade
Kenneth Cole
Lacoste
Lalique
Louis Vuitton
Luca Luca
Marmi
Max Mara
Michael Kors (opening soon)
Miss Sixty
Montblanc
Movado
Oakley
Puma
Ralph Lauren
Salvatore Ferragamo
Sony Style
St. John
Stuart Weitzman
Swatch
Tiffany & Co.
Tourneau
Tumi
Wolford
Yves Saint Laurent
Zara
There is also an ice skating rink inside!

THE MUSEUM DISTRICT (http://www.houstonmuseumdistrict.org/def...
The Houston Museum District is an area of Houston, Texas where many of the city's museums are located. The district is centered on the Hotel Zaza (currently being renovated) and the adjacent Mecom Fountain. The Museum District also houses Rice University, the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research and Hermann Park which includes the Houston Zoo and the Miller Outdoor Theatre. The Museum District is also near the University of Saint Thomas.
Some of the museums and institutions include:
Holocaust Museum Houston
Children's Museum of Houston
John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Natural Science
The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Houston Center for Photography
John C. Freeman Weather Museum

THE THEATRE DISTIRCT (DOWNTOWN)
The Houston Theater District, a 17-block area in the heart of Downtown Houston, is home to Houston's nine world-class performing arts organizations, the 130,000 square-foot Bayou Place entertainment complex, restaurants, movies, plazas and parks.
The district is ranked second in the United States for the number of theater seats in a concentrated downtown area and is one of only five cities with permanent professional resident companies in all of the major performing arts disciplines (the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Ballet, and The Alley Theatre).
One of the several attractions in the district is the Bayou Place Entertainment Complex—a large multilevel building that is home to full service restaurants, bars, live music, billiards, multiple theatres and art house films. The Houston Verizon Wireless Theatre stages a variety of live concerts and the Angelika Theatre presents the latest in art, foreign and independent films.

NEARTOWN--AKA MONTROSE (Neartown is bounded by U.S. Highway 59 to the south, Allen Parkway to the north, Bagby Street on the east, and Shepherd Drive to the west.)
Neartown is an area located in west-central Houston, Texas and is one of the city's major cultural areas. The location comes with distinctive character of eccentricity and diversity. The location and boundaries of Neartown is colloquially referred to as Montrose. Once a magnet for the hippie movement, Houstonians would consider it as a hybrid of San Francisco's the Haight-Ashbury and The Castro.
Museums
Menil Collection art museum
Rothko Chapel
Houston Center for Photography
Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum
Museo Guadalupe Aztlan
Museum of Printing History
Dan Flavin permanent exhibit

CLEAR LAKE
http://www.spacecenter.org/
NASA

GALVESTON
Galveston is known for its historic neighborhoods and a ten-mile long seawall designed to protect the city from floods. It is also home to the infamous Balinese Room, a historic nightclub and former illegal gambling hall located on a 600-foot pier extending into the Gulf of Mexico.

The city houses many tourist attractions. The attractions include the Galveston Schlitterbahn waterpark, Moody Gardens, the Lone Star Flight Museum, a downtown neighborhood of historic buildings known as "The Strand," many historical museums and mansions, and miles of beach front. The Strand plays host to a yearly Mardi Gras festival, Galveston Island Jazz & Blues Festival, Texas Beach Fest, Lone Star Bike Rally, and a Victorian-themed Christmas festival called "Dickens on the Strand" (honoring the works of novelist Charles Dickens, especially A Christmas Carol) in early December. There are lots of shops along The Strand that you can have fun in.
Other attractions in Galveston include Moody Gardens, the Galveston Island Railroad Museum, Schlitterbahn, the Strand and the Lone Star Flight Museum. Galveston is also home to several historic ships: the tall ship Elissa at the Texas Seaport Museum and USS Cavalla and USS Stewart, both berthed at Seawolf Park on nearby Pelican Island. Galveston is also home to a symphony orchestra and a small ballet company.

Answer 2

Places To Visit Houston

Answer 3

Houston is a big town with many things to see and do. Here's my list:
Houston Zoo
Museum of Natural Science
Art Museum
Reliant Stadium
Toyota Center
Minute Maid Park
Lakewood Church
Aquarium Restauran
Nasa

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Well, I would ride the "trolley" or the light rail train, just because. I would go downtown to the Aquarium and and Museum district. I like "Montrose," its like the "different" part of the city. I would visit the Galleria on Westheimer and 610. Depends on what exactly you want to do, who you're going with and what type of person you are. I would go to Los Tios for good Mexican food, Papa Deaux for great sea food and The Katy Mills Mall in Katy, TX. Be careful, its just so big you'll get lost. Westheimer is my favorite street. Everything is on Westheimer. Listen to the radio stations (97.9, 104.9, 102.1) at night for which clubs will be poppin' that night. Have fun!

Answer 6

Depends what you like to do - there's the Galleria for great shopping, drive to the Johnson Space Center for a tour, the Zoo, Museum of Modern Art, drive to Galveston and visit Moody Gardens and the beach... see a show, the Theater district always has good shows, and live music.
There are wineries nearby; Haak Vineyards in Hitchcock (on Hwy6S) they do tours and have great wine, and Circle S Vineyards for tasting on Hwy90 in Sugarland/Stafford area

http://www.houston-guide.com/ is the best tour guide I can find.

Have a fun trip, hope this helps :-)

Answer 7

go to either the NASA space center, Houston Museum of Natural Science, or Hermann Park. Those are some of my favorite places of Houston

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Answer 10

One Word: NASA the space center in Houston is awesome