Nā hananaʻo Houstonʻo Quirkiest

Hiki i nā Austinite ke hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ka mālamaʻana i ko lākou kūlanakauhale nui, akā,ʻo Houston kona kuleana maikaʻi loa. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, me 6 miliona kānaka a me kahi metro nui o New Jersey, ua hihiaʻoe i nā mea nani. Mai kahi'ōmole "kapi" i ka hale i uhiʻia i nā kēne beer, eia kekahi mau hiʻohiʻonaʻokoʻa'ē aʻe o Houston-eʻike aiʻoe.

• 01 o ka 10

  ʻO ka Big Bubble

  Aia kekahi wahi ma ke alanui Preston Street ma kahi e hoʻokomo aiʻoe i kahi pihi, hiki i kahi mea e hoʻoulu ai i kahi hua nui e lele ma luna o ka honua o ka haka bayou. Hiki iāʻoe ke kapa aku i ka Big Bubble, a ināʻaʻoleʻoe e nānā pono ana iā ia, he paʻakikī eʻike. ʻAʻole hōʻailona hōʻailona a pua paha e hōʻike i kona hiki mai,ʻaʻoleʻoe e loaʻa ma ka palapala'āina.

  Ua waihoʻia ke kī ma laila i ka 1998 ma keʻano he ala e hoʻonui ai i ka aeration ma Buffalo Bayou. ʻO kāna wahi huna ka hapa maoli o ka manaʻo.

  "He kīkiuʻulaʻula wale nō ia. Ke pahu nei wau iʻole aiʻole wau? - Uaʻikeʻoe? He aha ka mea e hana ai?" E'ōlelo anaʻo Dean Ruck, ke kumuhana ma hope o ka papahana. "Ua makemake wau i kēlā manaʻoʻaʻole ia he kiʻi i kahakahaʻia a iʻole e paʻi kiʻiʻia. He mea wale nō iʻikeʻia e nā kānaka."

  Nā pāʻoihana: E lawe mai i kahi hoa. Aia ke pihi ma ka hoʻomaka o ke alahaka, akā aia ka nānā maikaʻi loa o ka moa i ka waena. E paʻi kekahi i ka pihi aʻo ka nānāʻana o kekahi, a laila hoʻololi. Inā loaʻa iāʻoe nā keiki i ke kaʻa,ʻo kēia mele a me ke hula e hoʻonani iā ​​lākou no ka maikaʻi, lōʻihi.

• 02 o 10

  Kuhikuhiʻo Eclectic Menagerie

  Ma waho wale nō o ka Loop mai 288 Komohana, eʻikeʻoe i kahiʻano'ikepō o nā kiʻi kila. ʻO ka koina e pili ana iā Texas Pipe & Supply a noho aia ma ke kihi o kona waiwai ma 288 mau alanui hānai kokoke i Belfort Street. ʻO ka kiʻi mua eʻikeʻia ai ka hippo, a laila ma hope aku he Snoopy. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi, ua hoʻopihaʻia ka'ōpū i kēia mau kiʻi kiʻi kila,ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea i hanaʻia a hanaʻia e nā mea hana kiʻi o Ron Lee a me Mark Rankin.

  ʻAʻoleʻoe eʻike i kahi hōʻailona e hōʻike ana i kou hiki mai, akāʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe keʻike. I kēia lā,ʻo ka papa hoʻomaʻamaʻa he hale ia i nā'āpana'āpana,ʻo ia hoʻi kahi'ōpiopio, papa pōhaku, a me ka hui mariachi.

• 03 o 10

  Ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike'Oiʻike

  ʻO nā kiʻi kaʻa kekahi mea o kahi moʻomeheu ma Houston. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hiki ke kūlanakauhale i kahi pīkino kaʻaʻoihana, e like me keʻano o kēia mau mea: ma luna o ke poʻo, nā mea i kālaiʻia i ka nani o ka holoʻana ma Houston. ʻO ka mea i alohaʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki,ʻo ia ka mea mua loa o kēlāʻano i kēia wahi maʻAmelika Hui Pūʻia a ke hoʻomauʻia neiʻo ia kaʻoihana nui loa i ka'āina.

  ʻO ka Hale HōʻikeʻikeʻOihana kahi hale kūʻai kūʻokoʻaʻole ma nā'āpana eclectic Heights, ma kahi o I-10. Kapaʻia kona inoa mai ka papahele, akā,ʻo kaʻoihanaʻoihana kaʻawale wale nō ka mea i waihoʻia maʻaneʻi. Loaʻa i nā hale hoʻolāʻau kekahi mau hana kuʻuna maʻamau i loaʻaʻole iāʻoe i loko o nā hale kiʻi mele kiʻi. ʻO nā hana maʻaneʻi he mau mea hoʻomaka i ka hoʻomakaʻana - akā, a laila,ʻo ia keʻano holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka pahuhopu i hōʻikeʻia e ka hale hōʻikeʻike,ʻo ia ke nānā aku i nāʻano likeʻole e hiki ai i nā kiʻi ke hoʻohālikelike a'ōlelo i nā hanana, ahupuaʻa, a me ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka lā.

  ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia hale hoʻolima,ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻopau pinepine i nā mea hou a me nā mea hoihoi i loko o nā keʻena, me kaʻike e loaʻa mau kahi mea hou eʻike ai - a kamaʻilio e pili ana.

• 04 o 10

  ʻO ka HōʻikeʻO Orange

  Ua hoʻomaka kaʻOhana Orange i nā makahiki i hala aku nei ma keʻano he mea e hiki ai i ka mea leka uilaʻo Houston e mahalo i kāna hua punahele loa. Hana ka mea hoʻolaha Jeff McKissack ma kahi o 25 mau makahiki e hoʻololi ana i kāna waiwai East East i loko o nā mea hana papahana me nā mazes, pale me nā mosaics. Ua hoʻohana nuiʻo ia i nā mea e like me nā pōhaku brick kahiko a me nā mea mahiʻai, a,ʻo ia hoʻi, heʻalani nui loa. Ua hanaʻo ia i ke ala a hiki i kona makeʻana i ka makahiki 1980, a ua hele kahi mea lawelawe i kaʻike i kahi hana poʻokela o McKissack. Aia ka pae i kēia manawa i ka nui o nā hanaʻoihana a me nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao o ke kūlanakauhale, lilo i hoʻokahi o ka punahele i alohaʻia e Houston - he meaʻano'ē aʻe.

• 05 o 10

  Hiki i ka Beer ke hale

  Iā McKissack e haʻalulu ana i ka HōʻikeʻO Orange, kahi Houston kekahi o nā kaiāulu Rice Military o ke kūlanakauhale e kau ana i kona lima pono'ī ma kona home - i kēia manawa me ke kōkua o kāna meaʻai nui loa. Ua hoʻohanaʻo John Milkovisch i ka hapa nui o kona hoʻomaha loaʻana i ka hanaʻana i nā alumini alumini, nā pale a me nā kuamoʻo no kona hale mai nā pia beer. Ua liʻiliʻiʻo ia he 50,000 mau moku a ua hoʻopaʻaʻiaʻo ia e hana i nā mea e hoʻonani ai no kona hale e hana mau ana e like me ka mea e hoʻonaniʻia. No ka laʻana, ua hoʻolālāʻia nā pā hale, e kaomi i ke kumukūʻai o nā kālā hoʻolālā i ka manawa like "mele" i ka makani.

  Hiki iāʻoe ke hele i mua o ka hale e kiʻi inā makemakeʻoe, akāʻo ka huakaʻi he ala maikaʻi loa ia e loaʻa ai kaʻike piha a me kaʻike i ka moʻaukala no ka huliʻana o Milkovisch i kona hale i kekahi o nāʻoihana hanohano o Houston.

• 06 o 10

  Ke kōpuniʻo Buffalo Bayou

  Hoʻolāʻau kahi mālie mālie ma lalo o Buffalo Bayou Park ma kahi kokoke i ke alahakaʻo Sabine a me ka hoʻolei pōhaku mai ke kūlanakauhale. Uaʻikeʻiaʻo ia e like me ka luawai a he lālā o ka wai wai i kūkuluʻia ma ka '20s. ʻO ke ana he 87,500 kapuaʻi kapuaʻi he mea makemake loa ia ma waena o nā mea paʻi kiʻi ma muli o kona mau pou he 200 + i hoʻohālike i ka nani.

  ʻO ke kahua i hoʻohanaʻia i puna no ke kai o ke kūlanakauhale a hiki i ka pōʻino hikiʻole ke hoʻopauʻia e waihoʻia no ka maikaʻi o kaʻumi makahiki. Ua weheʻia no kaʻikeʻana o ka lehulehu i ka Mei 2016.

  Pro-tip: Ke kali nei nā kaʻa i nā lā he nui wale nō i ka hebedoma, a ke koiʻia nei nā kuhū. Eʻike i ka pūnaewele no nā kiko kiko'ī.

• 07 o 10

  Ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike

  Loaʻa i kahi o nā hale kiʻi kupanaha naniʻo Houston, akā,ʻo ka meaʻokoʻa ka mea e pono ai. ʻO nā hale kūʻai 30,000+-kapuai ka nui o nā mea waiwai e hoʻomau nei i ka moʻolelo o kaʻoihana lawelawe hale hoʻoliʻu. Ma waho o ka loheʻana o ka waina, ua mahalo ka hale kūʻai i kahi Popemobile pono-a-God i hoʻohana muaʻia e Pope John Paul II, kahi pahu i hoʻonaniʻia me ka kālā maoli, a me ka hōʻike piha i ka hōʻailona.

• 08 o 10

  ʻO David Adickes Studio

  Ināʻoe i hoʻokuʻu iā I-45 ma ka'ākau o Houston, uaʻikeʻoe i ke kiʻi nui o Sam Houston ma Huntsville. ʻO ke kiʻi kiʻi i hakuʻia e ka mea kālai'āinaʻo David Adickes, a heʻanoʻanoʻano pilikino likeʻole kāna mea. Ua hanaʻo ia i 43 mau poho nui o nā pelekikenaʻAmelika no ka hōʻike ma South Dakota. Akā,ʻo kona kaulana loa,ʻo ia nō kona mau kiʻi Beatles e noho nei ma waho o ka 8 Brewing Brewery . Hoʻohuiʻia ka pā o ke kaula i ka lumi, akā hiki iāʻoe keʻike i kekahi o kāna mau kiʻi kiʻi mai ke alanui.

  Nā pāʻoihana: E nānā i ke keena i ka hiki iāʻoe. E koiʻia nā maʻiʻeleʻele e hoʻopau i kona wahi i kēia manawa e hoʻomākaukau i ke alanui no ka piʻiʻana o ke alaloa ma 2019, aʻaʻohe'ōlelo i koe inā e weheʻia kāna mau kiʻi kiʻi i ka lehulehu ma kekahi wahi hou.

• 09 o 10

  ʻO Waugh Drive Keʻena'olona

  Aia ma lalo o ke alahakaʻo Waugh Drive ma waena o Allen Parkway a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Kamehameha, nā tono o nā pōpoki liʻiliʻi e waiho i ko lākou home i nā papa. No nā makahiki he nui, ua holo nā poʻe Houston i ka alahaka i ka napooʻana o ka lā e nānā i ka nui o nā'ōpani lele i kahi hui nui ma ka lewa.

  Ua hahau ke kolonā i kahi pōʻino i ka wā o ka Hurricane Harvey, i ka wā e holo ai ke kai kūʻono ma luna o ka pailaʻo Waugh Drive, e pepehi ana i nā'ōpiopio a me ka waipuke o ko lākou mau home. Ma hope o ke kaheʻana, ua hoʻonuiʻia ke koloka, e lele ana i ka wā e pōʻeleʻele ai a ma nā hui liʻiliʻi. Akā inā heʻuʻuku ka helu,ʻo nā'ōpiopio kekahi meaʻoluʻolu loa.

  Pro-tips: No nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa, e kū ma kahi paepaeʻikeʻia ma ke kihi o Waugh Drive a me Allen Parkway.

• 10 o 10

  ʻO Lezy River ma Texas i ka Marriott Marquis Downtown

  ʻO kēia kahaʻeleʻele o Texas i ka Marriott Marquis ma ke kauhale, kahi pūnaewele pae inoa no ka nui o nā poʻe o Houston. Ua hoʻokipaʻia ka hōkele i ka makahiki 2016 i ka manawa wale no ka Super Bowl, a me ka muliwai o ka haleʻawaʻawa - i hoʻonohonohoʻia ma mua o 100 kapuaʻi i ka lewa a me ka nui o 510 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi - he kiʻi nui loa mai ia. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, he aha ka mea a Texans e aloha nui ai? ʻO Texas.