--- description: Find out why Houston is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places. title: Houston: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38246357ebb21a61/698a1e0bd075334842e6c138/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-Houston-Texas.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 20, 2021 # Houston Lone Star stunner by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Red snapper ceviche at Musaafer in Houston. Red snapper ceviche at Musaafer in Houston.Courtesy Musaafer Houston—which welcomed around 100,000 new residents in 2019—has emerged as one of the most diverse cities in the American South. It also boasts a plethora of exciting dining options, including Musaafer, which offers a menu inspired by two chefs’ 100-day journey through India. Downtown, POST Houston, a concert venue, food and market hall, and work space, will open in a former post office this fall. Meanwhile, Late August, a highly anticipated restaurant led by Top Chef finalist Dawn Burrell, will soon open in the city’s new innovation district. Nearby, further cultivating the city’s creativity, is Project Row Houses, a community-­based arts organization that restored a group of row houses to provide art studios and exhibition spaces for local artists and affordable housing for young mothers. _—Kayla Stewart_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079250/houston/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079250/houston/"},"headline":"Houston","datePublished":"2021-07-20T10:33:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:50:35.307Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079250/houston/","keywords":["franchise","Magazine","World's Greatest Places"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38246357ebb21a61/698a1e0bd075334842e6c138/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-Houston-Texas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38246357ebb21a61/698a1e0bd075334842e6c138/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-Houston-Texas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079250/houston/","name":"Houston"}}]}] ```