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Museo Regional de Nuevo León
The Obispado, a former bishopric palace on a hill 2.5km west of the Zona Rosa, gives fine views of the city and surrounding mountains, smog permitting. Initiated in 1787 on the orders of the bishop of Linares, the building has an intricate yellow Churrigueresque facade. Now it houses the small Museo Regional de Nuevo León that most people will find less intriguing than the views.
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Parque Ecológico Chipinque
Stretched along a mountainside with a knife-like ridge at the south edge of the city, the Parque Ecológico Chipinque is the most accessible section of the Parque Nacional Cumbres de Monterrey, offering urbanites ample opportunities for hiking and mountain biking. The 36km of trail are well maintained, and it doesn't take long to get into some pretty dense pine and oak forest. Butterflies are particularly prolific here, with 174 species represented.
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Parque Fundidora
Formally a vast steel-factory complex, this once-blighted industrial zone has been transformed into the huge Parque Fundidora that encompasses a variety of attractions, including many that will appeal to children. Cleverly, the park designers retained rusting smoke stacks and other industrial relics, giving a postmodern, apocalyptic feel to parts of the place.
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Parque Niños Héroes
Parque Niños Héroes, about 5km north of the center, has several family-friendly attractions. Tops is the Museo de la Fauna y Ciencias Naturales with stuffed wildlife in dioramas of natural habitats from Saharan Africa to the Arctic. The park also holds a small aviary, a smaller aquarium and two buildings full of old cars comprising the Museo de Autos.
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Parque Plaza Sésamo
Parque Plaza Sésamo is a vast Sesame Street theme park with dozens of thrilling rides, a waterpark and shows with the famous characters.
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Pinacoteca de Nuevo León
This art museum, in the gorgeous Colegio Civil building, has gathered paintings and sculptures from most of the state's leading contemporary artists including Julio Galán (1958-2006), once part of Andy Warhol's circle, while the temporary exhibitions come from the rest of Mexico and beyond.
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Plaza Zaragoza
A shady park, Plaza Zaragoza hosts many concerts and special events. The centerpiece of the plaza is a graceless, 70m-tall orange concrete slab known as the Faro del Comercio (Beacon of Commerce). A green laser beams off the top at night.
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Salón de la Fama
On the grounds of the Cuauhtémoc Brewery is the Salón de la Fama, both a baseball hall of fame for players in the Mexican leagues and a museum about the game itself. You can test your throwing arm and batting skills.
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Templo del Sagrado Corozón
Templo del Sagrado Corozón, completed in 1903, is lovely inside and out, making it popular for weddings.
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Train Museum
The biggest display in the Casa De La Cultura De Nuevo León is the Train Museum, however it's only so-so.
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