50 Things to Do in Dallas

October 31st, 2007

Dallas, the second largest city in Texas, is a great place for a vacation. Here are fifty different things to do there:

1. Learn about the life of JFK at the Sixth Floor Museum where Oswald fired those infamous shots.
2. Wander around thegardens of Fair Park.
3. Get some culture at the Dallas Museum of Art.
4. Explore the Dallas Museum of Natural History.
5. Watch tigers swim at the Dallas Zoo.
6. See works from Rodin, Picasso and Matisse at the Nasher Sculpture Center.
7. Shop til you drop or hit the nightlife in Deep Ellum.
8. Photograph the monument to JFK on the plaza next to the Texas School Book Depository building.
9. Wander through the galleries of the Meadows Museum of Art.
10. Go running, fishing or birdwatching at White Rock Lake Park.
11. See the double-story conservatory at the Texas Discovery Gardens.
12. Visit the African American Museum.
13. Find the resting place of the Clyde half of Bonnie & Clyde at the Western Heights Cemetery.
14. Get scientific at the Museum of Nature and Science.
15. Take a stroll down Greenville Avenue and around Pioneer Plaza.
16. Listen to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
17. Visit historic Winfrey Point where Germany POWs were held during the 1940s.
18. Uncover a plot at the Conspiracy Museum.
19. See works of art from Japan, China and Southeast Asia at the Crow Collection of Asian Art.
20. Explore Texas history at the Dallas Heritage Village.
21. Get a good view from the Reunion Tower Lookout.
22. Climb aboard at the Age of Steam Railroad Museum.
23. Explore the Museum of Biblical Art.
24. See the smallest things at the American Museum of Miniature Art.
25. Celebrate aviation achievements at the Frontiers of Flight Museum.
26. Visit the historic Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe.
27. Explore women’s contribution to America at the Women’s Museum.
28. Haunt some antique stores in the Bishop Arts district.
29. Catch a performance at the Bath House Cultural Center.
30. Count the 172 fountains at Fountain Place.
31. Laugh the night away at the Ad-Libs Improv Comedy Club.
32. Check out the Dallas Art Institute.
33. See Dallas’ tallest building, the Bank of America Plaza.
34. Drive-in to Keller’s Drive-In restaurant.
35. Appreciate some grim history at the Dallas Holocaust Museum.
36. See a play at the Majestic Theater.
37. Take a picture at the Freedman’s Memorial.
38. Save the sea turtles at the Dallas World Aquarium.
39. Catch games at the Cotton Bowl, Reunion Arena or American Airlines Center.
40. Choose from 20 screens at the Cinemark Theater.
41. Get dinner and a show at Medieval Times.
42. Play 18 holes at the Tenison Highlands golf course.
43. Dance your night away at Sons of Hermann.
44. Take a walk along the Trinity River.
45. Stroll through the Dallas Arboretum and botanical gardens.
46. Go hiking in Boulder Park.
47. Find birds with your binoculars at the Old Fish Hatchery Nature Area.
48. Ride the McKinney Avenue Trolley.
49. Walk around the Swiss Avenue Historic District.
50. Get on the rides at Six Flags Over Texas.

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