Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the state of Texas, and the 4th most populous in the United States over all. As of 2006, Houston had an estimated population of 2,144,491, with more than 5.5 million people living in the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan area, the 6th most populous metropolitan area in the United States.

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Houston is perhaps most famous internationally for being home to NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, which contains the Mission Control Center (MCC-H), the NASA control center that coordinates and monitors all US manned space missions, including the Space Shuttle and activities aboard the International Space Station. On display at the Johnson Space Center is a near complete Saturn V moon rocket, and an Apollo Command-Service Module (CSM), both of which were originally prepared for Apollo missions which were cancelled. It is because of the presence of the Johnson Space Center, as well as the city's other aerospace connections, that Houston gets its nickname: "Space City".

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The city of Houston is also home to the Texas Medical Center (which is the world's largest concentration of health research and care institutions), the Port of Houston (which is the busiest port in the United States in terms of international cargo tonnage, and the second busiest in terms of over all tonnage), and more Fortune 500 corporations' headquarters than any city save for New York.

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Visitors to Houston will be sure to want to see the Houston Museum District (known informally as simply "The Museum District"). This area is home to at least 16 different museums, including the Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum (containing the only intact Byzantine frescoes in the Western hemisphere), the Chldren's Museum of Houston, the Contemporary Arts Museum, the Houston Museum of Natural Science, and the Holocaust Museum Houston. Also in the Museum District are several parks, Houston Zoo (which contains 4,500 animals from over 900 species), and the Miller Outdoor Theatre.

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A Parent's Guide to Houston (Parent's Guide Press Travel series)

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A Parent's Guide to Houston is a perfect resource for families eager to explore the nation's fourth largest city, a sprawling community containing more potential adventure than most can imagine. This guide reveals all the fun Houston has to offer, such as the Houston Museum of Natural Science, a golf course designed especially for children, a velodrome for bicycle racing, and a playground designed to accommodate children with all kinds of abilities. Filled with fun and exciting locations for history enthusiasts, it includes destinations for working ranches, battlegrounds, battleships, running steam engines, and historic ferries, all within an hour or two of downtown. Whatever kind of activities families are looking for-art, history, science, sports, restaurants, or relaxation-this guide is sure to have it.

Houston (Eyes of Texas Travel Guides)

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