Southwest® flights from Fort Lauderdale to Houston Hobby from $68

Blast off to adventure in Space City when you travel to Houston! No matter what you’re interested in, you’ll be able to find it in the nation’s fourth-largest city. Houston is renowned as one of the birthplaces of American space flight (alongside Florida’s own Cape Canaveral), and you can explore it all at Space Center Houston, home to NASA Mission Control. The official visitor center of NASA Johnson Space Center and an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institute, Space Center Houston offers fun for all ages, including 400 artifacts from space crafts to moon rocks.

There are plenty of other great museums in Houston, from the Museum of Natural Science to the Museum of Fine Arts, the Southwest region’s largest art museum. You probably won’t want to spend your whole trip inside, though. Explore one of over 650 urban green spaces in Houston during your stay. Stop by Discovery Green Park, 12 acres of vibrant beauty right in the in the heart of downtown Houston. Then travel to Hines Waterfall Park, which offers you and your family a chance to enjoy a fun day of picnic and Frisbee against the stunning backdrop of a 64-foot circular fountain that recirculates 11,000 gallons of water each minute!