Here are some Houston-area attractions that we especially recommend. We endeavor to spare you the ordeal of common tourist sites.

MUSEUMS

• The Museum of Fine Arts Houston is free on Thursdays.
• The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is very close the the MFAH.
• For oil people and geology buffs, the Houston Museum of Natural Science has one of the world’s top paleontology exhibits and an entire floor devoted to the oil industry.
• Houston Public Library Julia Ideson building
• Lone Star Flight Museum
• National Museum of Funeral History
• San Jacinto Monument and Museum

HISTORIC CEMETERIES

• Glenwood Cemetery
• Forest Park Lawndale
• Historic Hollywood Cemetery

BEACHES & FISHING

• Texas City Dike

LIBRARIES

• Houston Family History Research Center (genealogy)

USED BOOK STORES

• Kaboom Books
• Becker’s Books