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Dallas Arboretum
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
The designers surely never intended it, but the Dallas Arboretum may be the best place ever for kids to play "step on a crack"...
Garden
Park
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Houston, Texas
Kids walk in and immediately beeline for the Paleontology Hall, the spot towered over by all manner of prehistoric critters, including the diplodocus (that's "dip-low-dock-is," for all you parents). ...
Science & Nature Museum
Houston Zoo
Houston, Texas
Visiting this friendly zoo is as much about the people as animals, with zoology professionals so happy to tell you about their charges....
Zoo
Zilker Metropolitan Park
Austin, Texas
Austin's 351-acre park is a favorite among little kids, a place where the much-loved miniature train ride is a local rite of passage. Tours on the adorable and...
Train
Hiking
Park
Children's Museum of Houston
Houston, Texas
It's not hard to see why local parents flock to this institution -- the roster of exhibits reads like a wish list of children's museum wares, with two floors of the brightest, splashiest stuff....
Children's Museum
Special Collection
Dallas Heritage Village
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
A collection of historic structures from around Dallas — from pioneer cabins to luxurious mansions and more. ...
History Museum
Special Collection
Hermann Park
Houston, Texas
Houston's ultra-sleek METRORail trains may be the latest in urban transport, but if you're about six years old, they pale in comparison to Houston's other form of public transportation: the Hermann Park miniature train. ...
Park
Bicycling
Boating
Fishing
Schlitterbahn Galveston Island
Houston, Texas
Just about every name here contains some ominous yet fully descriptive word like "blaster," "cliffhanger," or "tempest," all of which will ring like music in kids' ears. Galveston is a billion degrees in summer....
Theme Park
Water Park
The Aztec Theater
San Antonio, Texas
Burning flames, blasting special effects, flashing lights. Nope, not the movie -- the pre-show. After being lovingly restored back to its ornate and over-the-top self (think Grauman's Chinese...
Theater
Brazos Bend State Park
Houston, Texas
Alligators in the wild -- that's all you need to know about this one-of-a-kind state park about an hour outside of Houston. ...
Park
Fishing
Hiking
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