Tours

Explore Houston at your own pace: a virtual tour from anywhere, or a longer walking route through a historic neighborhood.

Quick Tours Explore Houston in a Few Minutes

Short, guided experiences you can finish online. Five stops, a photo and a "notice this" prompt at each one. Go at your own pace.

Downtown Houston

Five landmarks, one skyline

5 stops

Houston Architecture Through Time

1847 to the modern era in five stops

5 stops

Climate + Preservation

What water, heat, and pressure do to old buildings

5 stops

Sacred Spaces

Five houses of worship, five ways to build for faith

5 stops

Second Lives

Five buildings that refused to die

5 stops

Stages and Screens

Where Houston went out for a hundred years

5 stops

Tours on foot in Houston

Each tour is a sequence of nearby landmarks with an AI preservation assistant available at every stop. Go at your own pace.

Longer Walks

Downtown

Main Street Skyline & Market Square

Walk Houston's historic commercial spine, from the Tenneco Building and Antioch Church past the Kress lunch counter, the Esperson and Gulf towers, and the 1910 Courthouse to Market Square.

17 stops·1.1 mi

Downtown

Sam Houston Park to the Bayou

Start among the 1800s homes and churches of Sam Houston Park, pass City Hall, Jones Hall and Pennzoil Place, and end in the old commercial blocks near the Cotton Exchange and Buffalo Bayou.

16 stops·1.2 mi

Downtown

Main Street to Union Station

Trace the eastern side of downtown, from Main Street banks and the Pillot Building to Christ Church Cathedral, the U.S. Customhouse, the Petroleum Building, Union Station and Annunciation.

12 stops·1.3 mi

Midtown

Midtown Sanctuaries & Second Lives

Visit Midtown's historic churches and civic buildings, from Fire Station No. 7 and DePelchin Faith Home to Trinity Episcopal, the Light Guard Armory, Isabella Court and the Ion.

8 stops·1.3 mi

Museum District

Museum District & Hermann Park

Follow Main Street from St. Paul's and the Museum of Fine Arts to Mecom Fountain, the Sam Houston Monument, Miller Outdoor Theatre and the Pioneer Memorial, ending at Autry House and Lovett Hall.

8 stops·1.4 mi