Secret Houston by William Dylan Powell || Bayou City Travel Guidebooks

Secret Houston: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
by William Dylan Powell 
Books About Houston || Travel Guides to The Bayou City in The Southern Lone Star State || Space City Books

What's the best place in Houston to watch ostrich racing?
Is there really buried treasure in Hermann Park?
Do you know where to catch live jazz on the site of the original Republic of Texas capitol, or enjoy world class Cajun food in a church cloister from the 1800s?

You'll find the answers to these questions and more in Secret Houston-your guide to H-Town's offbeat, overlooked and unknown. This book will take native Houstonians and fresh-off-the-freeway "Newstonians" alike on a behind-the-scenes look at the funkiest bits of the nation's fourth-largest city.

Did you know Memorial Park was once a World War I training camp?
Or the original use of the Last Concert Café and why its front door was always kept locked?
And what's up with that old, mysterious crypt built into the bank of the bayou or that weird golden dome out on the west side?

“Discovering Houston’s essence might be impossible, or more impossible, if not for William Dylan Powell’s handsomely illustrated new book Secret Houston: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure.”
- Chris Gray, HoustoniaMag

“Even if you're a lifelong Houstonian, there may be a side to this city you've never seen.”
- abc13

“Houston is a town with a full supply of secrets. Powell has put together a roundup of tidbits on our unknown city.”
- J.R. Gonzales, Houston Chronicle

Local writer and longtime Houstonian William Dylan Powell helps you unlock Bayou City's most intriguing, entertaining and arcane secrets in this guidebook to the obscure. Some of these secrets you can enjoy today, while others are merely ghosts, legends or shadows of our city's past.

But they're all waiting for you to explore right now in Secret Houston.