18 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Houston - Atlas Obscura

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Attractions
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Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

National Museum of Funeral History

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

Eclectic Menagerie Park

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

The Big Bubble

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

Art Car Museum

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

The Wilde Collection

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

The Orange Show

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

Museum of Health and Medical Science

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

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Unique
Food & Drink
in Houston

Texas Sheet Cake

Funerals in the Lone Star State call for this comforting chocolate treat.

Kolaches

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.

Viet-Cajun Crawfish

In Houston, Vietnamese chefs offer a unique take on the “mud bug.”

Atlas Obscura Trips

Texas Hill Country: Bat Caves & Beyond

Explore aquifers, caverns, and karsts while tracking millions of Mexican free-tailed bats, and learn how they maintain balance in the Hill Country ecosystem.

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