The boardwalk is also home to a 50,000-gallon aquarium. Recent visitors likened Kemah Boardwalk to a county fair with an ocean view and said it's a great place to visit if you're traveling with kids.

Tilman Fertitta's Landry's Inc. shuttered The Flying Dutchman, a staple on the Kemah Boardwalk and waterfront for nearly 50 years, shuttered with its last day coming on New Year's Eve.

If you go out to the edge of the bay, you can explore one of America's most charming beach towns ... that makes it worth visiting: The Kemah Boardwalk. Although it has only been open since ...