Attractions

Last April, the Houston Zoo announced its “Keeping Our World Wild” centennial fundraising campaign, which is bringing several multi-species habitats to the zoo by 2022. The first major construction project of the campaign, the Katherine G. McGovern Texas Wetlands, opens May 24, just in time for Memorial Day.

Already home to four high-speed, wedgie-inducing thrill rides, the Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston is adding a fourth this year, set to open in June. The multi-million-dollar Infinity Racer requires riders to lie down on their stomachs head first and zoom down the 696-foot-long, 75-foot-tall enclosed spiral slide to a splash zone below.

Tired of mowing his grass, John Milkovisch began laying mosaic pieces, rocks and metal in concrete in his backyard in Houston in 1968. After the yard was covered, he turned to the exterior of his home.

I’m not sure I’m passionate enough about anything to dedicate my entire home to it. But two men in Houston did, resulting in the Beer Can House and The Orange Show.

When Six Flags reopens for the summer season on May 4, a new name will be just one of many changes for the water park.