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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. ...
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Fishing
Hiking
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
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
Space Center Houston
Houston, Texas
The next best thing to actual blast off, this working space center is a giant "wow," where astronauts train, scientists work, and mission control still guides shuttles to a safe landing. ...
Science & Nature Museum
Visitors Center
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
Battleship Texas
Houston, Texas
Turn the corner into this state park, and the grey behemoth appears like a giant ghost: an enormous battleship bearing the weight of 36 years of war service. ...
Historical Landmark
History Museum
George Ranch Historical Park
Houston, Texas
The Texan George in question is not a president, but rather a rancher, one of a line of folks who settled this sprawling acreage in 1824 and kept it running for 100 years....
History Museum
Historical Landmark
The Health Museum
Houston, Texas
Convincing kids that a whole museum devoted to health will be a fun place to visit may be difficult, but just ask them to give it 15 minutes -- they'll be hooked much sooner than that. ...
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
Moody Gardens
Houston, Texas
The word "gardens" doesn't do this place justice -- it's more like a jungle. Thriving beneath a glass pyramid is a fully enclosed rainforest, home to waterfalls, "Mayan ruins," overgrown greenery, and hundreds of free-roaming critters....
Science & Nature Museum
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Aquarium
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