Fine food and fine art are two essentials that should be on any sophisticated traveler's to-do list. Get a taste for the latter at South Texas Institute for the Arts, where you'll find plenty of interesting pieces to indulge your artistic appetite.
Sometimes it's the places that don't cost a thing that end up making the best travel memories. And you're likely to make a few at this free collection of precious artworks in Central City. When you're finished at South Texas Institute for the Arts, also check out Texas State Aquarium, USS Lexington Museum on the Bay and Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History.