Fun Things to do in the Houston Area

Alley Theatre
A Tony Award-winning regional theatre in downtown Houston

Category: Houston Theatre in Texas
User Rating: 3 Stars

Description of this Houston Activity: Created in 1947, the ALLEY THEATRE is a resident theatre under the direction of Artistic Director Gregory Boyd. The Alley performs year-round in its two-theatre complex and its productions have been seen on Broadway, in 40 American cities, and abroad. Recipient of the 1996 Tony Award, the Alley is one of the few U.S. theatres to maintain a resident acting company. Alley premieres include Edward Albee (The Play About the Baby), Tennessee Williams (Not About Nightingales), Horton Foote (whose The Carpetbagger's Children was commissioned and premiered by the Alley and seen at Lincoln Center), and Eve Ensler (Lemonade). For more information or tickets, visit www.alleytheatre.org.

Alvin All American Festival 5th Classic Car & Bike Show
September 29-Sock HOP & Car & Bike Show (Labor Day Weekend)

Category: Alvin Recreation near Houston, Texas
User Rating: 3 Stars

Description of this Houston area Activity: Kick off the car & bike show Friday night SockHOP, Sept 29th at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Alvin. PEE WEE BOWEN BAND provides Live entertainment. Come out and show off your Classic Car & Motorcyles on Saturday, September 30th. Vendors booths available. Carnival all day long!

Alvin There's no place like home
Fall into the arms of the Babe on the Bayou

Category: Alvin Recreation near Houston, Texas
User Rating: 3 Stars

Description of this Houston area Activity: An excitement permeates Alvin! The Babe on the bayou is preparing for her most honored guests! Tourists who love to visit her time and time again. But where in the world is Alvin,Texas? It’s an all American hometown, just south of Houston, off Nolan Ryan Parkway, quietly nestled in the endless miles of prairie-like frontier of Brazoria County. Visitors enjoy outdoor, fresh fruit and vegetable Markets, 55,000+ sq ft of antique shopping, Joes BBQ,(where Nolan Ryan loves to eat) Exotic Wildlife parks, grocery stores operating since the 1800’s, bass fishing, birding, nature trails, golf, camping, scuba diving, and even skydiving. Richly endowed with cultural and historical landmarks, legends and lore, Alvin and her twin-sister county towns, Angleton, Brazosport, West Columbia, Brazoria and Pearland are precisely where the Lone Star State TRULY began. Gaining victory over great and perilous times throughout her history, the Babe on the bayou has tenacious, undaunted spirit. Claimed as the "queen of the coast" in 1915, the babe of the bayou has grown from a cow prairie town in her early teens and roaring twenties, to a rice and oil center in the depression of the thirties to Gulf Coast acclaim in the forties & fifties, to a petrochemical kingdom in the turbulent sixties & seventies to excellent economic base and well-being in the 21st century. The Babe on the bayou, Alvin, Texas welcomes you, dear reader, to come and enjoy her, history, attractions, and simple ways of life.

Bayou Wildlife Park
Wildlife Park

Category: Alvin Nature near Houston, Texas
User Rating: 4 stars

Description of this Houston area Attraction: Get UP CLOSE and personal with your very own African safari at Bayou Wildlife Park in Alvin, Texas. An adventure-feed filled tram ride with experienced wildlife guides will take you over 80 acres of natural habitat. See and feed animals and birds from Africa, India, Asia, Australia, and North and South America. Pony rides and a petting zoo are also available for the kids

Brewery Tour
Tour and beer tasting at Saint Arnold Brewing Co.

Category: Houston Tour in Texas
User Rating: 4 Stars

Description of this Houston Attraction: Every Saturday at 1 PM, Saint Arnold Brewing Company in Houston offers a free tour to the public. Show up a few minutes before 1 PM, get your beer tokens, listen to a brief history of beer along with how beer is made. Then enjoy some of the craft beers of Saint Arnold's, and it's all free. Many people bring a picnic along and sit at the many tables and benches in the brewery. People make new friends and enjoy meeting the brewing staff. Everyone is kicked out of the brewery around 3 PM, although judging from the happy faces, nobody seems to mind.

Best Houston Attractions and Events

Menil Collection

Address: 1515 Sul-Ross St, Houston, TX 77006 Dominique and John de Menil commissioned architect Renzo Piano to design this steel-and-cypress building to showcase their extensive art holdings – considered one of the country's finest private collections. Modern works, tribal and ethnic art, and antiquities are well-represented, and surrealist works are prominent. Check out Menil Collection website.

Children's Museum of Houston

Address: 1500 Binz, Houston, TX 77004 Incredibly well-attended, this colorful, popular museum is clearly designed for kids. Like most facilities of its type, it promotes experiential learning and offers lots of interactive exhibits. Science, culture, geography, and creativity are all given due reverence, and featured displays include Babbling Bayou. Check out Children's Museum of Houston website

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Address: 1 Hermann Circle Dr, Hermann Park, Houston, TX 77030 If it's found in nature, you can probably learn about it here. This fascinating museum, established in 1909, instructs visitors on energy, wildlife, astronomy, and much more. As you enter the main room, dinosaurs loom overhead; beyond them are exhibits about the Serengeti plains, historic displays in the Hall of the...

San Jacinto Battleground

Address: 1 Monument Cir, La Porte, TX 77571-9744 This state historical park commemorates the place where Texas gained independence from Mexico in 1836 when Gen. Sam Houston defeated Gen. Santa Ana. The memorial column that distinguishes the site stands 15 feet taller than the Washington Monument and is crowned by an enormous star; a museum can also be found in the...

Space Center Houston

Address: 1601 NASA Rd 1, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058-3199 For security reasons, visitors aren't allowed to see all of the Space Center operations, but regular tram tours let them visit most of the working facility, where they can ogle a Saturn rocket or observe shuttle payload bays. Exhibits cover the history of manned spaceflight and hoped-for future explorations, while the...

Museum of Fine Arts

Address: 1001 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005 Founded in 1900, the MFAH is Texas's first art museum and one of the nation's largest. Its holdings represent the range of history, and its collections include Renaissance and Baroque items, Impressionist and post-Impressionist art, and African gold pieces. Along with the museum's campus structures, the MFAH includes...

Minute Maid Park

Address: 501 Crawford St, Houston, TX 77002 Helping to revitalize the eastern part of downtown Houston, this engaging ballfield premiered in 2000 and has proven to be a fan favorite. The home of Astros baseball was constructed on parking lots near the old train station and even incorporates part of Union Station in its design. The intimate venue boasts a...

Hermann Park

Address: Hermann Dr at Fannin & Montrose, Houston, TX 77030 Centrally located, Hermann Park boasts lots of attractions, including the zoo, an outdoor theater, a Japanese garden and a golf course. Visitors can enjoy a picnic under the pines, ride the miniature train, rent paddle boats, or simply stroll about and enjoy the scenery. Plus, Houston Museum of Natural Science is...

Heritage Society

Address: 1100 Bagby St, Sam Houston Park, Houston, TX 77002 Sam Houston Park was carved from family-owned land and transformed in 1900 into a pastoral haven for city residents. In the 1950s, the Heritage Society was created to preserve the property's Kellum-Noble House; the group later began relocating other historic homes to the park and restoring them. Currently, eight...

John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science

Address: 1515 Hermann Dr, Hermann Park, Houston, TX 77004 Seeking to instill in young people an appreciation of the human body and a high regard for health, this museum (affiliated with Texas Medical Center) takes education to a new level. The facility's biggest attraction is its "Amazing Body Pavilion," whose enormous replicas of the human form let kids explore (and walk...