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Attractions + Things To Do in Elmendorf #1 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf San Antonio Missions National Park San Antonio TX ~8.72 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to San Antonio Missions National Park San Antonio Missions National Historical Park preserves four of the five Spanish frontier missions in San Antonio, Texas. These outposts were established by Catholic religious orders to spread Christianity among the local natives. These missions formed part of a colonization system that stretched across the Spanish Southwest in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.In geographic order from north (upstream of the San Antonio River) to south (downstream) the missions are located as follows: Mission Concepcion, Mission San Jose, Mission San Juan, and Mission Espada. The Espada Aqueduct, also part of the Park, is due east of Mission San Juan, across the river. The fifth (and best known) mission in San Antonio, the Alamo, is not part of the park, rather it is owned by the State of Texas, and ope... #2 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Palo Alto College 1400 W Villaret Blvd San Antonio TX - 210-921-5000 ~12.14 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Palo Alto College Palo Alto College is a community college located in San Antonio, Texas. It was established in 1985 and now offers a wide variety of degrees and programs in diverse areas of study.PAC’s student life is quite active. They have several athletics teams, which compete in a variety of intramural sports. The campus is home to several clubs and organizations for the overall development of its students. Some of the organizations are the Baptist Student Ministry, PAC Horticulture Club and Phi Beta Lambda. http://www.accd.edu/pac #3 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf AT and T Center (The T) San Antonio TX ~13.99 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to AT and T Center (The T) #4 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Freeman Coliseum San Antonio TX ~14.03 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Freeman Coliseum The Joe and Harry Freeman Coliseum, built in 1949, has been host to thousands of events including the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, concerts, trade shows, motor sports, circus, professional sports including professional bull riding, basketball, hockey, boxing and wrestling. It was the home of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo until the opening in 2003 of the adjacent AT&T Center, formerly known as SBC Center. Although the main rodeo event is in AT&T Center, stock show and exhibit aspects of the rodeo are still held in Freeman Coliseum.The arena seats 9,500 for motor sports, rodeos and professional bull riding, 9,800 for basketball and up to 11,700 for concerts, boxing and wrestling. It contains a 77-foot (23 m) ceiling height. When used for trade shows, the arena features 31,250 squar... #5 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Blue Star Contemporary Art Center San Antonio TX ~14.33 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Blue Star Contemporary Art Center The Blue Star Contemporary Art Center (BSCAC) is the acting contemporary art museum of San Antonio. Known simply as Blue Star, it was established as a grassroots response to the cancellation of a contemporary arts exhibit at the San Antonio Museum of Art in 1985. The effort established a vibrant venue for the exhibition of contemporary art in San Antonio. The center is housed in an adapted 1920's era warehouse facility located on the banks of the San Antonio River. The organization, which was originally operated by artists and volunteers, was formally organized with a professional director and staff in 1988 and is now run by director Bill FitzGibbons. Today the center is a primary destination for new art in South Texas and the center has over 20 exhibitions each year that has showcased loc... #6 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Institute of Texan Cultures San Antonio TX ~14.34 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Institute of Texan Cultures The Institute of Texan Cultures is a cultural experience museum located in downtown San Antonio on the UTSA HemisFair Park Campus, a short walk from the Alamo and the Riverwalk. The 182,000-square-foot complex features 65,000 square feet of interactive exhibits and displays that tell the stories of Texans.The mission of the Institute of Texan Cultures is to engage lifelong learners in the understanding and celebration of Texas cultural heritage.The museum is a component of The University of Texas at San Antonio. The museum aligns its efforts with the strategic initiatives of the University by developing quality, accessible resources for educators and lifelong learners on topics of cultural heritage. It also strives to develop a rich and vibrant culture in the arts and humanities th... #7 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Alamodome San Antonio TX ~14.51 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Alamodome #8 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Mexican Cultural Institute 600 Hemisfair Plaza Way San Antonio TX - 210-227-5018 ~14.59 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Mexican Cultural Institute Museum featuring art and artifacts about Mexican culture and history.Address: 600 HemisFair Plaza Way HemisFair Park San Antonio, TXTel: 210/227-0123 http://www.sa-museum.org/laac/4.html #9 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Hemisfair Park San Antonio TX ~14.61 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Hemisfair Park In honor of its 250th birthday, San Antonio hosted the 1968 HemisFair. It was the first world's fair held in the southwestern United States and welcomed over thirty different nations. #10 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf St. Paul Square (Neighborhood) 1170 East Commerce San Antonio TX ~14.67 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to St. Paul Square Saint Paul's square provides a glimpse into San Antonio's rich past dating back to 1877. This historic district once played host to nightlife and other entertainment activities and featured artists like Louis Armstrong. The venue where culture and cuisine meet—Sunset Station—is nestled here. This district has a close association with the African American community. #11 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Tower of the Americas San Antonio TX ~14.81 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Tower of the Americas Tower of the Americas is a 750-foot observation tower/restaurant in San Antonio, Texas. The tower was designed by San Antonio architect O'Neil Ford and was built as the theme structure of the 1968 World's Fair, HemisFair '68.The tower was the tallest observation tower in the United States from 1968 until 1996, when the Las Vegas Stratosphere Tower was completed.The tower is located in the middle of HemisFair Park and has an observation deck that is accessible by elevator for a fee. In addition, there is also a lounge and revolving restaurant at the top of the tower that provides panoramic views of the city. #12 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Magik Theater San Antonio TX ~14.86 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Magik Theater Traveler Description: San Antonio's family professional theater that offers live performances of famous fairy tales.Attraction type: TheaterAddress: Beethoven Hall 420 S. Alamo, HemisFair ParkSan Antonio, TXTel: 210-227-2751 #13 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Instituto de México San Antonio TX ~14.87 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Instituto de México #14 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Rivercenter Mall San Antonio TX ~14.89 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Rivercenter Mall Rivercenter is a shopping mall located in downtown San Antonio, Texas along the River Walk. It is anchored by Macy's, as well as a 38-story, 1,001-room Marriott hotel. The mall was purchased in 2005 by Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation.Rivercenter opened in 1988 with San Antonio's first Lord & Taylor department store, an IMAX theater, as well as Dillard's(Closed August 2008) . Part of the downtown redevelopment included an extension of San Antonio's famed River Walk into the Rivercenter lagoon.Lord & Taylor, then owned by May Department Stores, was converted into a Foley's in 1989. In 2006, the space became Macy's after Macy's parent, Federated Department Stores, bought May Department Stores. The structure that houses Dillard's, an AMC Theatres, as well as other shops originally op... #15 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf HemisFair Arena San Antonio TX ~14.90 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to HemisFair Arena The HemisFair Arena was an indoor arena located in San Antonio, Texas, United States. It was home to the National Basketball Association's San Antonio Spurs from 1973 to 1993 and the San Antonio Force of the Arena Football League during the 1992 season, their only year of existence. The Houston Rockets also played home games at the arena during the 1972-73 NBA season. #16 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf San Antonio Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center San Antonio TX ~14.95 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to San Antonio Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center The Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center is located in downtown San Antonio, Texas. The Convention Center offers a variety of banquet halls and meeting rooms perfect for any occasion.The Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center is located in downtown San Antonio along the banks of the San Antonio River Walk.The facility is the central component of the city’s successful convention industry. The center, named for the late U.S. congressman Henry B. Gonzalez, hosts more than 300 events each year with over 750,000 convention delegates from around the world.The original convention center was built as part of HemisFair '68 by a joint venture of two general contractors Darragh & Lyda Inc. of San Antonio, Texas and H. A. Lott Inc. of Houston, Texas , but has been significantly altered and expande... #17 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf La Villita San Antonio TX ~14.96 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to La Villita Original "Heart of San Antonio,". One square block in the heart of downtown, alive with artists and craftsmen, shops and restaurants. #18 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Riverwalk San Antonio San Antonio TX ~15.00 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Riverwalk San Antonio The San Antonio River Walk (also known as Paseo del Río) is a network of walkways along the banks of the San Antonio River, one story beneath downtown San Antonio, Texas. Lined by bars, shops and restaurants, the River Walk is an important part of the city's urban fabric and a tourist attraction in its own right.Today, the River Walk is an enormously successful special-case pedestrian street, one level down from the automobile street. The River Walk winds and loops under bridges as two parallel sidewalks lined with restaurants and shops, connecting the major tourist draws from the Alamo to Rivercenter mall, to the Arneson River Theatre close to La Villita, to HemisFair Park, to the Tower Life Building, to the San Antonio Museum of Art, and the Pearl Brewery. During the annual springtime ... #19 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Torch of Friendship Sculpture San Antonio TX ~15.03 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Torch of Friendship Sculpture La Antorcha de la Amistad (The Torch of Friendship) is a monumental abstract sculpture that stands in downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States of America. The artist of the sculpture is world-renowned Mexican sculptor, Sebastián, and was commissioned by the Asociación de Empresarios Mexicanos (Association of Mexican Businesspeople). The sculpture was presented as a gift from the Mexican government to the City of San Antonio in 2002. It was unveiled on June 28, 2002 by the artist, Mayor Edward D. Garza, and then-Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs and political analyst Jorge Castañeda Gutman.The sculpture stands at nearly 20 meters (65 feet), and weighs more than 40,800 kilograms (45 tons). The medium is enameled iron. It is located in the middle of a traffic rotary in downtown San A... #20 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Texas Adventure San Antonio TX ~15.13 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Texas Adventure History meets high-tech in this small-scale adventure park. A multimedia show, which includes holograms, dramatizes the events leading up to the battle of the Alamo. State-of-the-art special effects make you feel as though you were there. Be sure to sit in the center, about four rows up, for an intimate experience with one of the effects. And no, it's not scary. A retail store in the lobby sells souvenirs and a small concession booth vends a variety of snacks, none of which are allowed in the theater. #21 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf The Alamo San Antonio TX ~15.14 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to The Alamo The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas). All but two of the Texian defenders were killed. Santa Anna's perceived cruelty during the battle inspired many Texians—both Texas settlers and adventurers from the United States—to join the Texian Army. Buoyed by a desire for revenge, the Texians defeated the Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto, on April 21, 1836, ending the revolution.Several months previously, Texians had driven all Mexican troops out of Mexican Texas. Approximately 100 Texians were then garrisoned at the Alamo. The Texian fo... #22 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Plaza Wax Museum and Ripley's Believe It or Not San Antonio TX ~15.14 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Plaza Wax Museum and Ripley's Believe It or Not Believe it or not you're about to see some pretty crazy things…at the Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum in San Antonio, Texas! From oddities from primitive cultures to modern day curiosities, guests will go from display to display with their jaws dropped and their eyes wondering with disbelief! Take a look at ancient African fertility statues, an Indian shrunken head, and a unique cobweb painting. Along with each exhibit, you'll find fascinating information and facts that will further illuminate your understanding of the strangeness of science, life, and culture. Don't miss the Haunted House Adventure. You can even plan a birthday party at Ripley's or plan a Lock-in – a chilling and fun experience! Another highlight at the Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum is the Odditorium, perh... #23 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Guinness World Records Museum San Antonio TX ~15.14 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Guinness World Records Museum Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U.S. editions as The Guinness Book of World Records), is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted series of all-time. It is also one of the most stolen books from public libraries in the United States.On 4 May 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the Guinness Breweries, went on a shooting party in North Slob, by the River Slaney in County Wexford, Ireland. He became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe, the koshin golden plover or the grouse. That evening at Castlebridge House he ... #24 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf San Antonio Cavalry Museum San Antonio TX ~15.17 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to San Antonio Cavalry Museum San Antonio Cavalry Museum 717 East Houston St, San Antonio, TX (210) 224-1865The San Antonio Cavalry Museum features cavalry artifacts and exhibits and is frequented by local re-enactors.Website: http://www.savc.org #25 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Aztec on the River (Aztec Theater) San Antonio TX ~15.20 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Aztec on the River (Aztec Theater) #26 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Ripley's Haunted Adventure 329 Alamo Plaza San Antonio TX - 210-226-2828 ~15.21 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Ripley's Haunted Adventure 329 Alamo PlzSan Antonio, TX 78205210-226-2828 http://www.hauntedadventure.com #27 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Downtown Riverwalk (Neighborhood) San Antonio TX ~15.23 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Downtown Riverwalk Ernie Pyle once descried the River Walk as "The American Venice" and it's easy to see why. This romantic, relaxing area of Downtown San Antonio is host to millions of visitors each year and continues to grow in popularity. #28 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Cathedral of San Fernando San Antonio TX ~15.26 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Cathedral of San Fernando The Cathedral of San Fernando is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church located in San Antonio, Texas, in the United States. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of San Antonio and the seat of its archbishop. The cathedral is also known as the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria y Guadalupe and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is notable as the oldest cathedral in the United States. #29 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf Buckhorn Saloon and Museum San Antonio TX ~15.26 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to Buckhorn Saloon and Museum Winner of the 2002 "Best Attraction" award from the Downtown Alliance, the Buckhorn Saloon and Museum is sure to delight and amaze people of all ages. At the Buckhorn, we believe in "edutainment"...the whole family can learn while you're having fun. Get up close to the exhibits in our halls where interactive displays make the experience come alive.Belly up to the bar in our old-fashioned saloon-turned-café, and browse our Curio Store, "The Worlds Oddest Store". The world famous Buckhorn Saloon and Museum has delighted hundreds of thousands of visitors for over 120 years. Come visit this San Antonio classic and discover a whole new Wild West experience...Texas Style! #30 of 30 Things To Do in Elmendorf San Antonio Children's Museum San Antonio TX ~15.26 miles from Elmendorf city center Hotels Close to San Antonio Children's Museum Whether they are encasing themselves in a giant bubble, making beautiful artwork from discarded fabric and paper materials, or driving a child-size front-end loader, kids of all ages can easily spend an entire day at this museum. There are more than 80 special hands-on exhibits, a giant aquarium and even a kid-powered elevator. Housed in a 1940s-era building built as a dime store, the museum's multi-sensory exhibits focus on communication, the arts, economics, natural history, physical science, history and much more. Children age 2 and younger are admitted for free. Visitors receive one hour free parking at nearby Mid-City Parking Garage, as space is available.

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