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

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National Museum of Funeral History

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

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Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern

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

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Eclectic Menagerie Park

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

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The Big Bubble

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

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Art Car Museum

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

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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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The Wilde Collection

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

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Texas Sheet Cake

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Texas Sheet Cake

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

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Viet-Cajun Crawfish

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Viet-Cajun Crawfish

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

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Kolaches

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Kolaches

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.

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