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Dallas Essentials: Landmarks, Arts & Big Texas Sights
15 placesDallas
Trace Dallas from its signature skyline and JFK history through the Arts District, Deep Ellum and Fair Park, then finish among the lakeside gardens of East Dallas. This route combines major museums, historic sites, live-city neighborhoods and the city’s standout outdoor attractions.
- Pop culture
- Music
- Art
- Architecture
- Science & Tech
- Nature
- Folklore
- Local culture
- History
- Social Justice
- Food traditions
- Sports
Places in this guide
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Dallas ZooFirst zoo anywhere in the southwest 🦁 - 2
Bishop Arts DistrictMurals, boutiques, and Dallas's indie spirit 🎨 - 3
Reunion TowerThe tower that almost whistled - 4
Dealey Plaza National Historic LandmarkWhere 'grassy knoll' was coined 🎙️ - 5
Texas School Book Depository🚨 The failed museum and arson - 6
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights MuseumWorld's first Nazi-era rail car on museum display 🚂 - 7
Perot Museum of Nature and ScienceBorn from a Texas wildlife crisis 🦌 - 8
Dallas Museum of Art🗿 The museum's secret fakes - 9
Nasher Sculpture Center🏛️ The collection that stayed home - 10
Meyerson Symphony CenterRanked one of the world's greatest orchestra halls 🎶 - 11
Fair ParkOne of America's largest surviving art deco complexes - 12
Hall of StateArchitect's hidden name, one letter short 🔍 - 13
African American Museum DallasThe Southwest's only African American art and history museum - 14
White Rock Lake👻 The vanishing lady of the lake - 15
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden🏠 The house designed to look old
