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Out-of-Town Day Tours

These small-town tours are between 8 to 13.5 hours.

Austin — 13 hours

This includes transportation, parking, The University of Texas at Austin (1883+), the Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Library and Museum (1971), lunch at Scholz Garten or a comparable restaurant, Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum (2001), Waterloo Park, the Texas State Capitol (1888), and see the governor’s mansion (1856), the French Legation Museum (1840s), and the Texas State Cemetery.

Baytown — 7 hours

We’ll travel through the Baytown Wetlands Center, the Baytown Nature Center formerly the demolished subdivision of Brownwood, Baytown History Museum, Baytown Heritage Park with an 1896 school house and 1910 farm house.  Lunch at Antonio’s Italian Grill & Seafood Restaurant, or Ryan’s.

Beaumont — 10 hours

Our first stop is the Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum and Visitors Center.  Next we’ll tour the McFaddin-Ward House from 1906 and the Fire Museum of Texas.  In the afternoon, we will tour the Texas Energy Museum, and the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum.  Lunch at Suga’s  Deep South Cuisine & Jazz Bar.

Bellville — 7 hours

Stop for sweets at Newman’s Bakery, visit a castle, tour a blacksmith’s shop, see Victorian homes, and tour the old jail where one prisoner was hung.  Lunch provided by Newman’s Bakery.

Brenham — 9 hours

Tour the 1915 Classical Revival structure that is the Brenham Heritage Museum and the 1914 Burton Cotton Gin & Museum that is the oldest cotton gin in the US.   In the afternoon, tour the 1843 Giddings-Wilkin House, the oldest house in Brenham, and the 1869 Giddings Stone Mansion.  What tour of Brenham would be complete without a trek to the home of Blue Bell Creameries for a tour?

East and West Columbia — 7 hours

We will tour the Varner-Hogg Plantation. Replica of the 1st capitol of Texas, historic Ammon-Underwood Victorian homes, and the Sweeny-Waddy slave log cabin.  Lunch is at Cowgirls Kitchen.

Danevang — 8 hours

Go to the “Danish Capital of Texas.”  Tour the 1898 Pioneer House, see the Christmas Plate collection, visit the1895 Community Hall, the 1947 Danevang Church, and the Heritage Museum.  Enjoy a Danish lunch at the museum.

Fort Bend County — 7 hours

Fort Bend Museum, 1883 John M. & Dottie D. Moore Home and the 1840s Long-Smith Cottage, 1896 Fort Bend County Jail and the 1825 Morton Cemetery where Jane Long and Mirabeau Lamar lay.  Lunch at one of the historic cafes in downtown Richmond.

Friendswood — 6 hours

Found in 1895 by the Society of Friends (Quakers).  Tour the Quaker Church, Frank J. Brown Heritage Museum, and the 1903 Perry House.  Lunch at Santa Barbara Restaurant (Italian), or the Charleston Tea Room of Hope Village.

Gonzales — 10 hours

Go to “The Birthplace of Texas Freedom” of 1835.  Tour the over 1 dozen houses, shops, and church of the Pioneer Village, drive-by one dozen Victorian homes, tour the Gonzales Memorial Museum, see the Cost Monument and the Texas Heroes Square, and visit the Old Jail Museum and Chamber of Commerce from 1887.

Humble — 8 hours

Tour the Humble Museum, the McKay Medical Museum, and the 1886 First United Methodist Church of Humble.  See the Lambrecht’s Artesian Well from 1912 and go to the “Always Christmas” Home.  Lunch at the Humble City Cafe in the 1914 Pangburn Building.

Huntsville — 8 hours

See Big Sam, tour the Texas Prison Museum and see Ol’ Sparky, go to Sam Houston State University, tour the Sam Houston Memorial Museum, the Steamboat House that was Sam Houston’s last residence, and Oakwood Cemetery where Sam Houston is buried.

League City — 7 hours

This tour includes returning to school, to an 1898 schoolhouse includes a program, 1800s replica of a barn with tools and an attached gift shop, 1920s barber shop and an early 1900s ice house.  Walk through Helen’s Garden. Esteban’s Restaurant (Mexican).

Orange — 10 hours

Tour the Stark Museum of Art, the 1894 William Henry (W. H.) Stark House, the Heritage House Museum, and the Heritage History Museum of Orange County.  See the 1907 Pacific Train Depot.

Pasadena and Deer Park — 7 hours

See the replica of the Patrick Cabin where the Treaty of Velasco to end the war between Mexico and Texas was signed.  Tour old homes of Pasadena.

Port Arthur — 9 hours

We’ll visit the Texas Artists Museum and the Museum of the Gulf Coast where you’ll be amazed at how many prominent people come from Port Arthur:  the Big Bopper, Janis Joplin, Babe Zaharias, and more.  Tour the c. 1900 Pompeiian Villa and the c. 1915 White Haven, and drive along Lake Shore Drive.   Lunch at Esther’s Seafood & Oyster Bar.

San Antonio — 13.5 hours

This tour includes transportation, parking, shopping at Rivercenter Mall, The Alamo (1718), Riverwalk (Paseo del Rio), Andean musical winds and guitar band, Arneson River Theater, barge ride on the Riverwalk, La Villita with homes from the 1700s, San Fernando Cathedral (1731), the Spanish Governor’s Palace (early 1700s), Market Square including the Farmers Market Plaza, lunch at La Margarita and shopping at the Mercado, Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo (1720), & the King William District Tour of old mansions.

Schulenberg Area — 8 hours

Visit 5 to 6 painted and historic Czech and German churches in small and ghost towns such as Praha, Freyburg, High Hill, Ammannsville, Dubina, and Weimer.  Lunch in Schulenberg.

Texas City — 8 hours

The Texas City Museum has a miniature train exhibit, history of the petro-chemical industry, local history, and a 20-minute movie of the 1947 explosion.  Heritage Square; tour the 1895 Davison Home.  See the lighthouse.  Lunch at The Reef.

Washington-on the Brazos and Navasota — 8 hours

First, we will go to Navasota, the Blues Capital of Texas, so-named for the late musician and Navasota native, Mance Lipscomb.  See the monument to the French explorer Rene De la Salle who was killed here, in 1687, and bluebonnets.  Drive-by beautiful Victorian homes and Tour Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Site Visitor Center, the replica of Independence Hall, Star of the Republic Museum and the Barrington Living History Farm that includes the last president of the Republic of Texas Anson Jones’s 1844 home.