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True, Dallas has a ton of shopping malls, but don't let that be the only thing you see here. Museums are first-rate, from the Kimbell in Fort Worth to the Dallas Museum of Art and the Nasher Sculpture Center. Even if you only planned to visit Dallas, a day trip to Fort Worth's Stockyards is well-worth your time, especially when combined with a night out in Sundance Square. In Dallas, you're likely to spend your days among the attractions downtown and your evenings at the many bars and restaurants uptown.
This museum by one of America's greatest architects, Philip Johnson, has long been overshadowed by Kahn's Kimbell, its Cultural District neighbor. But Johnson's...more
Oak Cliff, or more specifically the affluent Kessler Park neighborhood, across the Trinity River from downtown, proudly considers itself the anti-Dallas,...more
One of the nation's biggest and best floral displays is set on the thickly wooded slopes above White Rock Lake, a popular recreation spot close to downtown....more
Though it is the least distinguished architecturally of the area's major museums, Edward Larrabee Barnes' sleek, modern building is dramatically ambitious if...more
The aquarium isn't the half of this ambitious, privately operated zoological garden in Dallas's West End Historic District. An enormous glassed-in habitat...more
It began as a stop on the Chisholm Trail and boomed as a raucous meatpacking district at the turn of the 19th century. Now filled with Western-wear shops,...more
One of the nation's top zoos draws raves for its acres of realistic habitats where animals roam free in natural environments. The safarilike African Savanna...more
The anchor of Fort Worth's celebrated Cultural District, Louis Kahn's exquisitely proportioned 1972 building is on most short lists of the 20th century's...more
This big-time professional rodeo is just 15 minutes east of downtown Dallas. The season runs from April through September, but don't worry about the sweltering...more
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