One look at our events Calendar will show you there’s hundreds of awesome upcoming things to do in Houston but Natalie Grigson of Movoto Blog put together an awesome list of 29 Awesome Things to Do In Houston that applies to residents and visitors of awesome Houston. From going on a roller skate date to checking out big monuments, big waterfalls, big buildings and finding the best food at 3 in the morning, the list has you covered.
So check out the checklist and check how many things you have done.
- Buy a pair of cowboy boots more authentic than a western at Texas Junk Co.
- Visit the Chocolate Bar
- Tour The Saint Arnold Brewing Company
- Go on a roller skate date like in middle school at Dairy Ashford Roller Rink
- Go to Gatlin’s BBQ for the BEST Barbecue
- Get your 80’s on club Numbers
- Lose your hearing at a Rockets game
- Say “Houston We Have a Problem” at mission control
- Ready the Bat signal at Waugh Drive Bridge
- Buy all the knickknacks at Old Town Spring
- Keep….Houston weird and visit the Houston Orange Show
- And it just gets weirder at David Adickes’ workshop
- Go to the top of the San Jacinto Monument
- Have pie at 3am at House of Pies
- Contemplate the universe inside Rothko Chapel
- Watch the fireworks from Buffalo Bayou
- Show your pride at the annual Pride Houston Parade
- Go to brunch at Hugo’s for the Huevos Rancheros
- Go Museum Hopping
- Keep that culture going at the theater district
- Bike above the city
- ….or walk below the city
- Get lost in Memorial Park
- Find yourself at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
- Stroll the Houston Heights
- Get your Cowboy on at the Houston Rodeo
- Make yourself super thirsty at the Gerald D. Hines Waterfall Park
- Visit a park named after the first dog…really (Millie Bush Dog Park)
- Get a Kolache at Christy’s Donuts Kolaches, Change your Life!
Be sure to check out Natalie’s original posting for pictures of all of the to do items.




