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Moody Gardens A basic 5-hour Galveston Tour includes transportation from Houston to Galveston and back, historical narratives, a choice of stops for lunch at each person’s expense, driving by and through the following:

Former causeway (1911 – 1961)
Moody Gardens entertainment area
(1992 – 1993),
Lone Star Flight Museum (1990),
Scholes Field,
Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston (2006),
Seawall Boulevard,
San Luis Hotel and Condominium (1984),
1900 Storm Commemorative Sculpture (2000),
Ruins of Fort Crockett (1897 – 1953),
Ruins of the Flagship Hotel (1965 – 2008),
Monument to the Balinese Room (1948 – 1957, 2010)
Hotel Galvez of 1911,
Silk Stocking District,
John Hutchings home (1859),
Kempner Park’s Garten Verein (1880),
Temple B’nai Israel since 1954,
Powhatan home (1847),
Samuel May Williams Home (1839),
Former site of where Gail Borden lived from 1839 to 1851,
Michel Menard Home (1838),
Holy Rosary Catholic Church (1886, 1914),
Former “Colored Branch of the Rosenberg Library” from 1905 and 1924,
Avenue L Baptist Church (1840, 1916),
Moody Mansion (1895),
Texas Heroes Monument (April 21, 1900),
Congregation Beth Jacob (1931),
St. Joseph’s Church Museum (1859),

Open Gates (1891), home for George Sealy
Ashton Villa (1859),
Ike Kempner home (1906),
Bishop’s Palace (1892),
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of 1904, dome of 1912
Stewart Beach,
Victorian homes (1870s, 1880s, and 1890s),
Wooden carvings from destroyed trees from Hurricane Ike on Sealy, Ball, Church, and Winnie Streets (2010),
Ruins of a house on the foundation of where the pirate Jean Lafitte lived from 1817 – 1821,
University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB),
Rosenberg Library (1904),
Downtown,
Texas Seaport Museum,
1877 tall-ship Elissa,
Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum,
Strand (known as the Wall Street of the South in the 1800s),
Grand 1894 Opera house,
Red Line District,
Federal Building,
City Hall,
Cemeteries,
Exclusive Cedar Lawn (the River Oaks of Galveston) of homes from the 1926,
Wreckage from Hurricane Ike from September 13, 2008,
Additional museums,
Additional churches, a cathedral, and a mosque.

This is strictly a driving tour with one stop for lunch or two stops if one wants to go to the beach in lieu of a tour of Galveston.

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