Top rated Historical landmarks in Texas City, United States to elevate your visit (Updated April, 2024)

Top rated Historical landmarks in Texas City

Experience the best that Texas City has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 48 places from Historical landmark category.

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Milton Parker Estate Bed & Breakfast

Bed & breakfast

👍👍 From our first contact via email to our final goodbye, Denise and Bob, welcomed us with gracious, exceptional hospitality, personalizing our trip with amazing touches. Breakfasts were elegant, beautiful and delicious! We felt like royalty all weekend with their sublime treatment - from offering bout...

4.90 (74 reviews) (~200.04 km from centre)

Galveston Seawall and Grade Raising

Historical landmark

👍👍 Fantastic spot! Love the sculpture and the reason why it was put up. I hope it stands tell forever. A MUST VISIT spot if you are near or in Galveston. With the beach behind, it’s amazing.

4.90 (35 reviews) (~16.94 km from centre)

Sam Houston Statue

Historical landmark

👍👍 Every time we travel up and down I-45, we pass the enormous Sam Houston Statue, which is beautiful to look at while driving. However, we never stopped to take a closer look, even though there was a visitor center right behind the statue, tucked away in a lovely wooded area. The tourist center may ha...

4.80 (657 reviews) (~151.82 km from centre)

Kreische Brewery & Monument Hill State Historic Sites

Historical landmark

Burial ground of Texas heroes connected by scenic trail to ruins of iconic brewery, with free tours.

4.80 (554 reviews) (~197.02 km from centre)

San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site

Museum

👍👍 We happened to go on Stephen F Austin's birthday and they were celebrating with re-enactments!! It was so fun! There is a lot of information in the center so give yourself time to really learn the history of the area. Everyone was so helpful and looked great in the period costumes!

4.80 (437 reviews) (~122.73 km from centre)

Gothic Jail

Historical landmark

👍👍 A stop worth the money. Located in downtown Derrider, Louisiana. Old jail that you can tour and a little local history about some of the local long gone residents. Tour was five dollars a person.

4.80 (137 reviews) (~224.85 km from centre)

Houston Astrodome

Stadium

👍👍 Saw some awesome concerts here back in the day. The dome should be a historic landmark. I am adding a photo of me standing in the front row of the 1982 Texas Jam. I was 15 and by myself 🤘. The Texas Jam and it's crowd's were definitely not your typical concert. I remember it being so loud that I...

4.80 (109 reviews) (~57.29 km from centre)

Sam Houston Monument Marker

Historical landmark

👍👍 The marker is right by the gate so finding it was super easy. There are some really interesting markers if you areinto history and cemeteries. Lots to see and research.

4.80 (108 reviews) (~159.89 km from centre)

Century Tree

Historical landmark

😠 Sat under the tree alone as a cadet. Still single after almost 4 years. Would not recommend...

4.80 (84 reviews) (~192.86 km from centre)

Camp Hearne Historic Site

Museum

👍👍 Camp Hearne sheds light on a unique, interesting, and often overlooked aspect of World War II history, the prisoner of war camps in the US. Camp Hearne housed up to 4,700+ prisoners at its peak. It's prisoners we're largely from Germany's Afrika Korps, but it also housed other German soldiers, Itali...

4.80 (68 reviews) (~232.89 km from centre)

Concrete Silos

Historical landmark

👍👍 I have frequented these abandoned silos since 2008 or so and there has been a remarkable amount of change in the immediate area. There used to be an abandoned warehouse foundation adjacent to these silos. When I first visited this area it was rife with urban grit. I'm happy that the area is developi...

4.80 (49 reviews) (~57.59 km from centre)

Ross Carroll Bennett House Bed & Breakfast

Bed & breakfast

Stately 1898 home with period interiors & antiques, plus guided visits by prior appointment.

4.80 (36 reviews) (~166.34 km from centre)

Buffalo Bayou Park

Park

Winding, 160-acre green space featuring views of the Houston skyline plus a fountain & a skate park.

4.70 (5.2K reviews) (~61.72 km from centre)

Galveston Seawall

Historical landmark

Listed 10-mile-long gulf coast sea wall built in 1902 with a sidewalk, street art & beach views.

4.70 (2.6K reviews) (~17.38 km from centre)

Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site

State park

Scenic park known as the 'Birthplace of Texas' with a visitors center, living history farm & museum.

4.70 (1.3K reviews) (~157.9 km from centre)

The Grand 1894 Opera House

Performing arts theater

Expansive theater with ornate decor hosts live theater & internationally known musicians.

4.70 (830 reviews) (~15.88 km from centre)

Old Baylor Park

Historical landmark

👍👍 If you love history, you must stop here! Even if you aren't a Baylor fan, the fields are full of wildflowers in the springtime, and the historic buildings are a wonderful piece of Texas history! The second-oldest remaining structure in Texas (circa 1824) is here! A must if you are in the area!

4.70 (261 reviews) (~172.41 km from centre)

1880 Garten Verein

Event venue

👍👍 This is a historic landmark. In design of a Teutonic Club; all stockholders were of German descent. Center for city’s social life, 1876-1923, complex had an octagonal dance pavilion, tennis courts, bowling and tenpin alleys, bandstand, fountains. The complex was site of Galveston’s first underground...

4.70 (257 reviews) (~16.5 km from centre)

Bar W Field Warrenton / Round Top TX Antique Flea Market

Flea market

4.70 (216 reviews) (~188.16 km from centre)

Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum

History museum

👍👍 Excellent museum outlining life as a rancher and cowboy in the early days of Texas. Terrific exhibits that are easy to read and entertaining even to kids. There are plenty of relics from the era that give you a great sense of what life was really like for cowboys. They even have a video room with a...

4.70 (98 reviews) (~232.73 km from centre)

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Top rated Historical landmarks in Texas City, United States