Tranquility Park In 1979, a two block long park in downtown Houston was opened to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the first lunar landing. Tranquility Park is a collection of water and walkways, with mounds and depressions meant to represent the cratered lunar surface, while huge stainless steel cylinders were designed to resemble the Apollo's rocket boosters.

Sea Oats I’m not a plant expert, but we’ve always been told that the tall grass on the beach was called sea oats. They plant them to help prevent erosion of the dunes between the surf and the community. Because of their slow growth, they frown on tourists walking through or playing anywhere near them.

Vought F4U-1D Corsair WWII had the first airplanes that people really feared, both in the air and from the ground. This F4U-1D Corsair is on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.