Downtown Aquarium 410 Bagby at Memorial, Houston, TX 77002, 713-223-3474, The Downtown Aquarium offers over 500,000 gallons of fun with an exhibit featuring a variety of marine life and mammals. The Aquarium Restaurant features a 150,000 gallon centerpiece aquarium. After your meal, take a ride on Shark Voyage through the center of a shark tank or enjoy many of the other fun rides and amusements. more...

Laser Quest !3711 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77077, 281-596-9999, Laser Quest is live action laser tag at its best. Enter the multi-level arena where fog, music and special effects combine to provide an incredible combination of tag and hide & seek. For family and group events, birthday parties or on your own, Laser Quest is interactive intense fun for ages 7-77.  more...

Laser Quest 6560 FM 1960 West, Houston, TX 77069, Located in the Champions Village Shopping Center, 281-397-6612, An interactive adventure game played in a multi-level maze where fog, music and special effects combine to provide an incredible 21st century combination of tag and hide & seek. Unbeatable fun for birthday parties, school field trips, youth groups or corporate teambuilding.  more...

Six Flags Astroworld/Waterworld Loop 610 & Kirby Drive, 713-799-1234, Enjoy heart pounding rides at this family amusement park that features rides such as The Texas Tornado and the Dungeon Drop. Waterworld features numerous water rides, slides, and pools for the whole family to enjoy.

Astrodome 8400 Kirby Drive, Houston, TX 77054, 713-799-9500, It's now the world's oldest and smallest domed stadium, but the Astrodome, formally the Harris County Domed Stadium, is still one of the most widely known attractions of the city. 

Christ Church Cathedral 1117 Texas, Houston, TX 77002, 317-222-2593, The Episcopal Christ Church Cathedral, built in 1893, is the city's oldest church still standing on its original site. 

Menil Collection 1515 Sul Ross, Houston, TX 77006, 525-9400, The fact that it needs its own building to be displayed properlly should give some idea of the scope of the collection amassed by the late Dominique de Menil and her late husband. John. 

Azalea Trail river Oaks Garden Club, Houston, TX 77098, 713-523-2483, many of the homes and gardens on the annual Azales Trail are widely separated, so the best means to admire the early spring foliage is by car.

San Jacinto Monument 3800 Park Road, Houston, TX 77084, 281-479-2421, The San Jacinto Mnument stands on the site of the San Jacinto Battlegrounds, where in 1836 the forces of General Sam Houston defeated the Mexican Army that only a month before had captured the Alamo.

Art Car Museum 140 Heights Boulevard, Houston, TX 77007, 713-861-5526, Celebrating the spirit of the postmodern age of car culture, this unique contemporary art museum features imaginative and artfully constructed art cars, as well as beautiful art exhibitions by local, national, and international artists. more... 

Bayou Bend University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, 743-9530, The Blaffer Gallery sponsors a continually changing series of exhibitions, ranging from contemporary paintings, sculpture, and photography to old masters.

Blaffer Gallery 120 Fine Arts Building, Houston, TX 77204, University of Houston, 713-743-9530, "Houston's most prestigious university art museum" that features a variety of innovative and challenging exhibitions, as well as visual arts and contemporary culture educational programs. more...

Children's Museum 1500 Binz, Houston, TX 77004, 713-522-1138, This is one museum where you won't hear or see the words "do not touch." 

Contemporary Arts Museum 5216 Montrose, Houston, TX 77006, 713-284-8250, Showcasing over 40 years of dynamic exhibitions by regional, national, and international art, this museum also offers a wide variety of innovative educational programs and scholarly publications. more... 

DiverseWorks 1117 East Freeway, Houston, TX 77002, 713-223-8346, Known for its groundbreaking educational programs, this leading contemporary nonprofit art center presents a wide variety of visual, performing, and literary art. more... 

Fire Museum 2403 Milam, Houston, TX 77006, 524-2526, As you might guess, the predominant color in Houston's Fire Museum is red-four-alarm red. 

Holocaust Museum 5401 Caroline Street, Houston, TX 77004, 713-942-8000, Huge and unique museum that features a permanent exhibit that memorializes the Houston-area Holocaust survivors, a 102-seat theater that displays oral histories of survivors, an award-winning Memorial Room, a lending library with over 4,000 books, a gallery that features drawings, paintings, and artifacts on specific Holocaust related subjects, and a Garden of Hope that memorializes the 1.5 million children who perished during the Holocaust. more... 

Hooks-Epstein Gallery 3210 Eastside, Houston, TX 77098, 713-522-9116, The gallery describes the art it deals in as "late nineteenth-century and twentieth-century representational American, European, and Latin paintings, sculpture, and works on paper." 

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft 4848 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002, Located in the Museum District, 713-529-4848, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, a nonprofit organization, was founded with the desire to educate others on the process, product, and history of craft. Objects featured here are made primarily from fiber, metal, glass, clay, and wood. To reach others, this organization uses educational outreach programs, workshops, gallery talks, and demonstrations. The Asher Gallery features art for sale from national and local craft artists. more...

Houston Center for Photography 1441 West Alabama, Houston, TX 77006, 713-529-4755, Specializing in exhibitions of photograpic and related arts, this center features works by emerging, regional, national, and international arts in a variety of styles including photography, film, and video. more... 

Houston Police Academy Museum 17000 Aldine-Westfield Road, Houston, TX 77090, 230-2300, While tracing the development of the city's police department, beginning with the days when Houston was still a frontier town, the Police Academy Museum also breaks down the barriers between police and publlic by giving a realistic portrayal of police life. 

Menil Collection, The 1515 Sul Ross, Houston, TX 77006, 713-525-9400, View the John and Dominique de Menil collection of 15,000 medieval art, tribal art, 20th century paintings, sculptures, photographs, and rare books that is known to be among the best in the world while visiting this gallery. more... 

Meredith Long Galleries 2323 San Felipe, Houston, TX 77056, 713-523-6671, One of the oldest extablished galleries in the Southwest, Meredith Long facuses on American art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with several contemporary works included in the collection. 

Museum of Fine Arts 1001 Bissonnet at Main, Houston, TX 77005, 713-639-7300, The oldest comprehensive museum in the Southwest United States, this museum features a permanent collection of over 40,000 works of art, as well as one of the most extensive collections of works in the world by Jasper Johns. more... 

Museum Of Printing History 324 West Clay, Houston, TX 77019, 713 -522-4652, Located in the Graphic Arts Conference Center, the Museum of Printing History is a rare item-just like many of its holdings. 

Orange Show Center for Visionary Art 2402 Munger Street, Houston, TX 77023, 713-926-6368, To help inspire others to express their artistic talents, Orange Show Center for Visionary Art was founded in 1980 as an expansion of The Orange Show. Adults and children can enjoy workshops, music, storytelling, performances, the Eyeopener Tour program, and the Art Car Parade & Festival.  more...

Sicardi Gallery 2623 Kipling, #101, Houston, TX 77098, 713-529-1313, Dedicated to promoting the work of established and emerging artists from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Central & South America, this gallery features an array of modern and contemporary Latin American paintings, sculptures, photography, and mixed media items. more... 

Texas Gallery 2012 Peden, Houston, TX 77019, 713-524-1593, The Name says Texas, but American artists from as far afield as New York and California are also represented here. 

Discovery Zoo Houston Zoological Gardens in Hermann Park, Houston, TX 77030, 713-525-3364, Formerly knpown as the Children's Zoo, this is still one of the most popular features of the Houston Zoological Gardens.

Hermann Park 6001 Fannin at Hermann Dr., Houston, TX 77030, 713-845-1034, Though adjacent to the Texas Medical Center and Rice Univrsity, Hermann Park has plenty of attractions to avoid being overshadowed by its highfalutin neighbors. 

Houston Arboretum and Nature Center 4501 Woodway Drive, Houston, TX 77024, Next to Memorial Park, 713-681-8433, Enjoy the peace and serenity at this beautiful center that features a variety of Houston's native plants and wildlife, as well as a discovery room that features interactive educational exhibits and an arboretum that offers guided nature walks every weekend. 

Houston Zoological Gardens 1513 North MacGregor in Hermann Park, Houston, TX 77030, 713-523-5888, The Houston Zoological Gardens, known more simply as the Houston Zoo, have undergone several changes and expansions in recent years to provede closer observation by visitors.

Jesse H. Jones Park 20634 Kenswick, Houston, TX 77338, 713-446-8588, Jones Park gives a sampling of the swamps that were once prevalent along the Gulf Coast.

Mercer Arboretum And Botanic Gardens Humble-22506 Aldine-Westfield Road, Houston, TX 77338, 713-443-0176, Nature has received more help from man here than in most other arboretums, but the effect of the trees and shrubs that have been planted is reminiscent of the densely wooded Big Thicket in East Texas.

Houston Museum of Natural Science One Hermann Circle Drive, Houston, TX 77030, 713-639-4600, You'll find a museum, planetarium, IMAX theater, Challenger Center, a butterfly tropical rainforest, an observatory, and the Strake Hall of Malacology while visiting this natural science center. 

Johnson Space Center 1601 Nasa Road One, Houston, TX 77058, 713-244-2100, Enjoy an out-of-this-world experience at this premier space center that features a discovery center for all ages, IMAX films, interactive exhibits, live demonstrations, and tours of NASA's Johnson Space Center. 

Gray Line Tours 602 Sampson, Houston, TX 77003, 713-223-8800, Besides general tours of the city, Gray Line offers special packages that focus on the Johnson Space Center and Galveston.