70+ fun things to do in and around Houston

I’ve lived in Houston for most of my life, but I am still discovering new and exciting things to do in and around Houston! It’s a big city and it can take an hour just to get from one end to another, so I made this list of 70+ fun things to do in and around Houston with the furthest things being a driving distance of about an hour from Houston proper.

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Right now, this is little more than a list. But as my family takes trips throughout the next year, I’ll be writing posts about each of these locations and turning it into a huge resource of fun things to do in Houston.

1. Walk or bike Buffalo Bayou (and push the button!)
2. Underground Cistern
3. Funeral Museum
4. Kemah Boardwalk
5. Galveston Beach
6. Galveston Bolivar Ferry
7. Galveston strand
8. Katy Mills Mall
9. Houston Museum of Fine Arts
10. Houston Police Stables
11. Chocolate Factory Tour
12. Houston Zoo
13. MorningStar Houston
14. Space Center Houston
15. Jesse H. Jones Park
16. Street Art
17. Children’s Museum
18. Fire History Museum
19. Moody Gardens
20. Galleria
21. Discovery green park
22. Houston underground tunnels
23. The water wall
24. Wortham center/ Houston ballet
25. Miller outdoor theater
26. National Funeral Museum
27. The Chocolate Bar
28. Newman’s castle
29. JP Mortan Tower
30. Tour St Arnold’s Brewery
31. See the bats at Waugh Drive Bridge
32. San Jacinto Monument
33. Battleship Texas
34. Submarine tour at Seawolf Park
35. Critical Mass social bike ride (monthly)
36. Mercer Arboretum
37. Dellorean museum
38. Old town spring
39. Farmer’s Market
40. Herman park train
41. Jerry Matheson Park
42. Tomball Railroad Depot (sunday tours)
43. Cockrell Butterfly center
44. Holocaust Museum
45. Downtown Aquarium
46. Ride the metro rail
47. Cypress trails horse rides
48. Ikea
49. Texas Rock Gym
50. Berry picking
51. Exotic Wildlife Park
52. Boardwalk FantaSea Tours
53. Stingray Reef
54. Kemah Lighthouse Maze
55. Indoor ice skating
56. Rodeo Houston
57. Moody Gardens
58. Dewberry farms corn maze (fall)
59. Main Street Theater
60. Offshore drilling rig & museum
61. Tree sculptures (galveston)
62. Segway tours of houston
63. Zoo Lights (Christmas)
64. Adickes’ Sculpture Studio
65. Beer can house
66. Air terminal museum
67. Eclectic Menagerie Park
68. Nutcracker market (Christmas)
69. Listening vessels in Discovery Green
70. Museum of printing history
71. Wonderwild
72. Interactive Theater company

Are there fun things to do in and around Houston that I missed on the list? Let me know in the comments so I can be sure to hit them all!

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