Location: Washington Ave./ Memorial Park
Top Things to do in Washington Ave./ Memorial Park
Top 5 Sights & Landmarks in Washington Ave./ Memorial Park, Texas (TX)
Houston hums with an energy and independent spirit all its own. A leading cultural and culinary destination in the South, the city is home to over 11,000 restaurants featuring cuisine from more than 70 countries. The thriving arts scene includes resident opera, ballet, symphony and theater companies. The Museum District houses 19 museums, all within walking distance. Be sure to visit Space Center Houston, where you can visit NASA’s Historic Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center.
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1. Glenwood Cemetery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 216 reviews
Includes the grave of Howard Hughes
Reviewed By T4991UDrachelh
I did not expect such a beautiful and serene cemetery in the middle of Houston. We parked and walked around for about an hour. My 4-year-old really enjoyed looking at all of the mausoleums and angel statues. We enjoyed reading the historical plaques that are scattered throughout the cemetery. There are excellent views of downtown and the large trees provide great shade.
2. Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 447 reviews
Bayou Bend is the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's house museum for American decorative arts and paintings. Displayed in the former home of Houston civic leader and philanthropist Ima Hogg (1882-1975), the collection is one of the finest showcases of American furnishings, silver, ceramics, and paintings in the world. The house is situated on 14 acres of organically maintained gardens in Houston's historic River Oaks neighborhood.
Reviewed By larryd1941
Comparing the Bayou Bend American furniture rooms to DuPont's Winterthur Museum is unfair, as they both have excellent collections of American furnihings but Bayou Bend has a less comprehensive view of 18th and 19th century furnishings than Winterthur. It is still high on my list of National "must see" Museums. Its grounds are enchanting and the Museum feels more like a visit to a wealthy friend's home (a la Marjorie Merriweather Post's Hillwood in Washington, DC) than to a major Museum of American furniture (Winterthur in Delaware)
3. Police Officer's Memorial
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 12 reviews
4. The Chapel of St. Basil
5. Beer Can House
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 280 reviews
The Beer Can House is literally a house covered in flattened beer cans, and landscaped with marbles and rock inlaid in concrete. You can tour the house and learn about the ongoing restoration project.
Reviewed By MutantMiscreant - Houston, United States
Many years ago, when I was a young man, new to Houston, as I spent part of a Saturday wandering around aimlessly on my bicycle, I encountered this oddity at 222 Malone Street. An odd-looking old guy with rather long white hair and a beard to match was standing in the driveway. Putting my life on the line, I stopped and asked this odd old codger if he had actually drank all the beer in the thousands that now adorned his modest home. Smiling wryly, he said, “Yes, most of them.” Despite his rather scary appearance, he allowed me to wander around the outside of his home. I can only assume that either his homeowner’s association had ceased to be viable or else the deed restrictions simply failed to prohibit encasing your home in old beer cans. The old man was John Milkovisch. I only met him one other time, again in front of his eye-sore of a house. I was about to leave when Mr. Milkovisch’s wife came out the back door and also struck up a conversation. A demure, grandmotherly type, Mrs. Milkovisch was totally unlike her bearded wild-man husband. Seeing that I was traveling around on a bicycle she invited me in for a cold drink (water or lemonade - not beer). I remember commenting that I was surprised the inside of their home looked so normal (think the inside of Sheriff Andy Taylor’s home in the Andy Griffith Show) considering that the exterior was, to put it charitably, somewhat unique. Mrs. Milkovisch said “I let John do whatever he wants to the outside of the house, but he’s not allowed to do anything to the inside.” I met Mr. & Mrs. Milkovisch in the early 1980s. I don’t know when they left us, but the beer can house remains a wonderful eye-sore in an inner city neighborhood that is gentrifying all around it.
