Dallas: Places to Visit
In a city as large and varied as Dallas, Texas; there’s never a reason to be bored. Whether you like arts or athletics, reading or running, shopping or stargazing, Dallas has something for everyone. Here’s just a sample of things to enjoy in and around Dallas, Texas. For more ideas, visit the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau.
- Age of Steam Railroad Museum in Fair Park
- Aquarium at Fair Park
- Dallas Arboretum & at White Rock Lake
- Dallas Children's Museum
- American Museum of Miniature Arts
- Dallas Firefighters Museum
- Dallas Museum of Art
- Dallas Puppet Theater
- Dallas World Aquarium & Zoological Garden downtown
- Dallas Area Rapid Transit Take a train ride!
- Fair Park. Home of the Texas State Fair every September and October
- Farmers Market just south of downtown. For fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables
- downtown. Fun and refreshing on a hot afternoon
- Frontiers Of Flight Museum at Love FieldM
- Heritage Farmstead in Plano. A historic house and four-acre living farm
- Dallas Heritage Village near downtown Dallas. Experience Texas life in 1861
- Pegasus Plaza. An urban park at Main and Akard downtown
- Museum of Nature and Science at Fair Park. See moon rocks from the Apollo 17 mission and so much more
- Neiman Marcus downtown—the legendary original downtown store
- Reunion Tower at the Hyatt Regency downtown. Amazing views of Dallas from top of landmark tower
- Sandy Lake Amusement Park north of Dallas. Open April to September
- Southfork Ranch. Famous home of the Ewing family from the television’s “Dallas” series
- Southern Methodist University
