Road trip from Lafayette to College Station

Step into the vibrant world of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Science Museum, where curiosity knows no bounds!

Get a taste of life for the 18th-century Acadian settlers in this 23-acre village with meticulously recreated period homes, costumed staff demonstrating arts and crafts and a restaurant serving Cajun and Creole food.

Painting with a Twist brings wine, art and fun together in a unique experience. Painting with a Twist has events every week, check out the calendar, or plan a private gathering for Birthdays, Team Building or Bridal Parties!

Escape Artist Texas invites you to enter a world of your choosing. Be prepared for an exciting and challenging adventure of solving puzzles, cracking codes, and unraveling mysteries from within. Enjoy an escape from reality with 4-10 friends in 60 minutes while testing your wits. Book now to see if you have what it takes to become and Escape Artist or are you just another chump?!

Forest Park Lawndale, one of Houston's landmarks, provides complete funeral and cemetery services, including assistance with memorial estate planning, pre-funding of final expenses and memorial design. Forest Park Lawndale Funeral Home is located adjacent to the cemetery providing families who have suffered the loss of a loved one the ability to have all their immediate needs met in one convenient location. At Forest Park Lawndale, families are offered many different venues to memorialize the life and accomplishments of their loved ones. Rights of interment are offered in beautiful lawn interment space, as well as in mausoleum entombment within crypts situated in one of the cemetery's beautiful chapel or garden mausoleums. Lawn crypts in the Garden of Angels, Garden of Love, or the Garden of Peace are also available. For families selecting cremation, memorialization is beautifully achieved in the Rock Garden situated on the sloping banks of a tranquil lake or in elegant niche columbaria within the Abbey Mausoleum. Through the assistance of trained Dignity Memorial® service providers, meaningful tributes are designed according to the unique qualities of the life that is being remembered. Facilities for memorialization and funeral ceremonies are available in visitation and staterooms of varying size, two funeral home chapels, and the warm ambiance of The Chapel of Angels. At Forest Park Lawndale, each staff member is committed to a standard of excellence, ethics and honesty that guides them as they help families bring honor and recognition to the lives of their loved ones. As a Dignity Memorial provider, we offer exclusive benefits, including National Transferability of Prearranged Services, the Bereavement Travel Program, the 24-Hour Compassion Helpline® and access to an acclaimed grief management library. At Forest Park Lawndale each staff member has committed to a standard of excellence, ethics and honesty that guides them as they help families bring honor and recognition to the lives of their loved ones. We call it “The Dignity Promise.” The trust placed with Forest Park Lawndale by area families serves as a constant reminder of that commitment.

Opera house in Houston that features opera presentations throughout the year.

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is a non-collecting institution dedicated to presenting the best and most exciting international, national, and regional art. Through dynamic exhibitions accompanied by scholarly publications and accessible educational programs, the Museum reaches out to local, regional, national, and international audiences of various ages. CAMH is always fresh, always free.

Founded in 1978, Stages Repertory Theatre is a not-for-profit professional theatre with two intimate performance spaces and deep roots in the Houston community. Stages produces year-round, performing a broad scope of new work, popular entertainment and re-imagined classics. Almost all of Stages shows are rehearsed and constructed on-site in Houston, brought to life by an exceptional community of locally-based artists and craftspeople along with occasional guest directors, actors and designers from around the world. With a mission to advance theatre and enliven community, Stages offers a greenhouse for new talent and ideas and a place for art, artists and audiences to thrive.

Houston philanthropists and art patrons John and Dominique de Menil established the Menil Foundation in 1954 to foster greater public understanding and appreciation of art, architecture, culture, religion, and philosophy. In 1987, the Menil Collection’s main museum building opened to the public. Today, the Menil Collection consists of a group of five art buildings and green spaces located within a residential neighborhood. The Menil remains committed to its founders’ belief that art is essential to human experience and fosters direct personal encounters with works of art. The museum welcomes all visitors free of charge to its buildings and surrounding green spaces.

The Museum of the American G.I is a living history museum dedicated to preserving the equipment, uniforms and memories of all American Servicemen and women.

Grand Station is the largest entertainment venue in Bryan/College Station offering a unique experience to BOWL, PLAY, and PARTY. Come BOWL on one of our 40 state of the art bowling lanes, PLAY with our Virtual Reality gaming system, incredible Laser Tag arena, mini-golf, or challenge your skills in our interactive arcade. Come PARTY with us! We will help you have a fun and exciting experience with any celebration. Private birthday party rooms and large corporate meeting rooms make your meeting or party complete.

You and your friends are locked in a room with a one hour time limit to escape! Find the way out by working together with your group to solve puzzles, find clues, and solve the mystery or scenario of the room. Will you be able to escape? Or will you run out of time? Try your skills in all of our unique rooms! Who knows, you might join our record breaking board! Visit our website for more info!