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Space Center Houston : |
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Space Center Houston, located in Houston, Texas, is the
official visitors center of the Johnson Space Center. Space
Center Houston is a place where people can experience space
from its dramatic history and exciting present to its compelling
future. Space Center Houston is the only place on Earth
that gives guests an out-of-this-world journey through human
adventures into space. Space Center Houston is the only
place in the world where visitors can see astronauts train
for missions, touch a real moon rock, land a shuttle, and
take a behind-the-scenes tour of NASA.
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George Ranch Historical Park : |
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The George
Ranch Historical Park is a working ranch and live history
museum on the grounds are an 1890's Victorian mansion and
a 1930's ranch house. The George Ranch Historical Park is
a center point of a 23,000-acre working ranch in Fort Bend
County, Texas. The George Ranch is located on FM 762 in
Richmond, Texas, just 30 miles southwest of downtown Houston. |
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Hermann Park : |
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Hermann Park
is one of Houston's finest and most-visited public parks.
Situated between Fannin Street and North MacGregor Way,
it is within walking distance from the Texas Medical Center,
Rice University, and the Museum District, and within a few
miles of the Third Ward, the historic Astrodome and Reliant
Stadium i.e home stadium for the Houston Texans. The land
which it occupies was presented to the City of Houston by
George Hermann in 1914. |
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Gulf Greyhound Park : |
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Gulf Greyhound
Park, the world's largest and No.1 greyhound racing operation,
offers a unique entertainment package. The air conditioned
complex features 3 levels, each offering a variety of dining
and view options. Other unique features include 318 teller
windows, over 1,100 closed-circuit televisions throughout
the facility and parking to accommodate over 8,000 vehicles. |
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Houston Arboretum and Nature Center : |
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The Houston Arboretum &
Nature Center , one of the first nature education facilities
for children in the state of Texas, provides services to
nearly 200,000 visitors annually. The Arboretum also provides
nature education for more than 10,000 children annually.The
Houston Arboretum and Nature Center is an non-profit arboretum
and nature center located in Memorial Park at 4501 Woodway
Drive, Houston, Texas. It is open daily with free admission.
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Battleship Texas : |
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The Battleship TEXAS is the last dreadnought in existence
in the world, a veteran of Vera Cruz and both World Wars,
and is credited with the introduction and innovation of
advances in gunnery, aviation and radar. Having been designed
in the first decade of the 20th century, and having seen
action in some of the most intense and critical campaigns
of WWII, she is an important piece of our naval and maritime
history.
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Church of the Annunciation : |
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The Church of the Annunciation, sometimes also referred
to as the Basilica of the Annunciation is a church in
Nazareth, in modern-day northern Israel; it was established
in the place where, according to Roman Catholic tradition,
the Annunciation took place. In other words, it is the
location where Mary, the mother of Jesus, as a virgin,
was visited by the Archangel Gabriel and told that she
had been selected to be the mother of Jesus. The current
church is a two-story building, erected over the site
of an earlier Byzantine and Crusader church. Inside, the
lower level contains the Grotto of the Annunciation, believed
by many Christians to be the actual remains of the original
childhood home of Mary.
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The Astrodome: |
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The Houston Astrodome or
simply the Astrodome, is a domed sports stadium, the first
of its kind, located in Houston, Texas. The stadium is part
of the Reliant Park complex. It opened in 1965 as Harris
County Domed Stadium and was nicknamed the "Eighth
Wonder of the World". The Astrodome was the first ballpark
to have a roof over the playing field. It also boasted cushioned
orange and red seats, 53 futuristic "Sky Boxes,"
and a $2-million scoreboard featuring home run extravaganzas,
cartoons, and helpful instructions to fans. . The Astrodome
was also the first stadium in the country to use separate
Astroturfs for baseball and football, each housed in a storage
pit in center field and rolled out on a cushion of air.
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Houston City Hall: |
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The Houston City Hall building has unwittingly become
a thumbnail for all the others around it. Surrounded on
three sides by great towers of glass, steel, and stone
this diminutive building has all the aspirations of grandeur
that its neighbors have. The front of the building steps
down to a small park dominated by a reflecting pool.
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San Jacinto Monument : |
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The San Jacinto Monument
is a 570 foot high column topped with a 220 ton star that
commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the
decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. The monument, dedicated
as the world's tallest monument tower and masonry tower,
and is part of the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic
Site, located along the Houston Ship Channel in La Porte,
Texas, twenty five miles east of Houston, Texas. As part
of the San Jacinto Battlefield, the monument was designated
a National Historic Landmark. |
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