Houston - Category of Things to Do

Houston's double-edged status as having both historical importance and all the trappings of a hyper-modern "space city" is exemplified by two major attractions, both about twenty miles south of the city. more

NASA has been controlling space flight from the Johnson Space Center , 25 miles south of Houston off I-45 (bus #246 from downtown), ... more

Around three miles south from the Museum District, down Kirby Drive, Houston's legendary Reliant Astrodome was the first domed, climatized stadium in the world when it was built in 1965, ... more

There's no shortage of things to do in Houston; just check the listings in the free Houston Press ( www.houstonpress.com ). ... more

San Jacinto Battleground , 22 miles east of Houston off I-10, was the site of an eighteen-minute fight, two months after the Alamo in 1836, in which the Texans all but wiped out the superbly trained Mexican army. ... more