Houston is home to many interesting activities and attractions.
The city offers things to do for outdoors enthusiasts (Buffalo Bayou), families (the Houston zoo and children's museum) and lovers of art (the unique Art Car Museum and superb Menil Collection). Shoppers will enjoy the massive Galleria and even have an impressive and sober Holocaust Museum Houston. Visitors can learn about the origins of "Houston, we've had a problem" and NASA's astronaut program at Space Center Houston or enjoy prehistoric exhibits and colorful butterflies at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. And we can't forget Tex-Mex: The city teems with superb Texas-Mexico fusion cuisine.
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1. Get wonderstruck at the James Turrell Skyspace
There aren't many attractions that tourists really deserve, but this absolutely light and sound installation is definitely for. Found right next to the Shepherd School of Music on the Rice University campus, the acoustically engineered masterpiece is dubbed “Twilight Epiphany” thanks to a trippy LED light sequence.
It shines through and through the extended roof structure just before sunrise and sunset. Money is not needed, but the reservation is okay.
2. Take a picnic to the stage
From March to November, the open-air Miller Outdoor Theater introduces live theater productions - think jazz, ballet and live theater - that's absolutely wonderful and completely free.
It very obviously draws a crowd, so join that crowd along with a blanket, some boxed wine & local cheese, and your super-impressed guest of choice. During the earth season, a picnic at Downtown urban park, Discovery Green, is another smart option.
3. Teach them how to Topgolf
It’s kind of like teaching them how to Dougie, but way cooler. Instead of looking like an idiot, you will smash golf balls at colored targets, dominate the life-size Connect Four and drink large amounts of beer. Don’t let its outside-the-loop location stop you from this good time (there’s always Uber to kindly provide transport if you plan to booze).
4. BYOB to Chinatown
A trip to Asiatown is not a good idea, but when you tack on BYOB options, things get a little bit extra.
You’ll want to pair something hoppy with the fiery curries at Mamak Malaysian, fork-tender lamb shank masala, and Pakistani-spiced fried chicken at Himalaya, garlic-butter Vietnamese-style crawfish at Crawfish Cafe, and hot peppercorn beef and pot-roasted fish at Mala Sichuan Bistro (which offers an excellent in-house wine list in case you totally blank and forget your bottle, as well).
5. See bats at the Waugh Bridge
The true story: when the Waugh Bridge was built, nobody realized it was the perfect structure to host a whole flock of Mexican tail bats. Well, obviously it's because locals are starting to notice a flock of bats around ‘99.
Before Hurricane Harvey, the bridge hosted about 300,000 of the little guys, and though some didn’t make it through the devastating storm, the colony remains. Today, you will see bats hanging until they twist from the climbing bridges on warm nights around the sunset.
Head to the viewing platform and you may just catch a bat show, which never fails to both fascinate and creep the hell out of visitors.
6. Explore a secret underground cistern
The Buffalo Bayou Partnership has done a lot for this city, and one of the raddest of its contributions was re-imagining this 1927 industrial relic into a public space, hosting docent-led walking tours and a series of art installations (the current of which is a trippy optical experience from world-renowned artist Carlos Cruz-Diez, on view through April 7, 2019).
With 200 concrete columns soaring 25 feet and 87,500 square feet of open space, the cavernous structure is reminiscent of ancient Roman cisterns in Istanbul. Historical tours cost $ 5 ($ 10 for art installations) and you can book a $ 5 meditation session on Sundays between 10 and 11 am.
7. Rent a B-cycle
One of the best ways to get to know a city is by biking it, so hit up B-cycle's 80+ (and counting) stations to rent a bike for $3 per 30 minutes. Or access the full Tour de Houston and $ 9 monthly membership subscription, which will unlock unlimited 60-minute trips throughout the month (or like the entire weekend for your visitors).
Since you’ll have to check the bike in once an hour to avoid extra charges, we suggest taking a ride along the bayou and into Downtown and Midtown, where you’ll find a cluster of shops and a whole bunch of places to “quench your thirst” in-between; or head straight for Houston’s tree-lined Museum District.
8. Pull off a brewery Triple Crown
Houston’s brew scene is having a moment, so it stands to reason that you should partake as heavily at that moment as your liver will allow. Starting at Houston's oldest (and Texas) craft brewery, Saint Arnold, which opens its beer hall for free sightseeing and buys food and drinks Monday through Saturday.
In EaDo, the 8th Wonder Brewery shakes the backyard, food trucks on-site and the bathroom seven days a week. Pair a Houston IPA with some smothered elote fries from Eatsie Boys.
Once you’ve conquered those, expand your sudsy horizons at your choice of a microbrewery, including spots like Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co, Brash Brewing, Eureka Heights or Under the Radar.
9. Bar hop on Downtown’s mega block
While Houston is known for its sprawl, that’s not the case Downtown, where inviting drinking establishments sit so close together, we’re surprised there haven’t been any turf wars.
See how nicely the bars play together by embarking on a DIY bar crawl, starting with drinks for a cause at OKRA Charity Saloon, hopping your way to expertly crafted libations at Captain Foxheart’s Bad News Bar & Spirits Lodge, mezcal-laced cocktails at The Pastry War, whiskey shots at Boots 'n Shoots, and circling back to end the night with dancing at Nightingale Room or weirdness at notsuoH, because those are the only ways to end the night. Oh, wait no, there’s also pizza Roma’s or Frank’s.
10. Spend all day at an ice house or beer garden
Show guests how Houstonians really live by chillin' out at the city’s most laid-back watering holes ALL DAY LONG. In Montrose, the West Alabama Bank is completely legendary. Cheap booze, hoops, and some of the city’s most excellent tacos al pastor help keep it that way.
In Midtown, Axelrad Beer Garden is the kind of place you actually can hang out all day because you’ll probably fall asleep in one of the garden’s many nap-inducing hammocks. When you wake up, grab a slice from the neighboring Luigi’s Pizzeria.
At Kirby Ice House, folks under 23 aren’t allowed, and everybody seems to be OK with that; and though EaDo’s Truck Yard looks and feels like an actual truck yard, everybody seems to be OK with that, too.
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