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

Unusual
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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.

The Big Bubble

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

Eclectic Menagerie Park

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

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.

Museum of Health and Medical Science

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

The Orange Show

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

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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.”

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