Dallas (48 Miles)
Dallas Museum of Art
Location: Dallas
Housed in a series of white limestone galleries built off a central barrel vault, the Dallas Museum of Art ($6) remains one of the city's greatest cultural institutions. The permanent collection covers a lot of territory, from the arts of Africa, Asia, and ancient Greece.
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Location: Dallas
The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden ($6) is composed of 66 acres of gardens and lawns in White Rock Lake Park.
Fort Worth Zoo
Location: Fort Worth
The Fort Worth Zoo ($8.50) is the oldest continuous zoo site in Texas and houses more than 6,000 exotic and native animals, including Komodo dragons, koala bears, and a rare white tiger.
Fort Worth Water Gardens
Location: Fort Worth
Fort Worth Water Gardens is an outdoor public sculpture garden containing a dramatic blend of modern sculpture and cascading fountains. Dropping below street level by almost 100 feet, this urban gorge is filled with plants and trees, around which water rushes, spills, swirls, and cascades.
Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Location: Fort Worth
South of the cultural district, the Fort Worth Botanic Garden ($1, Japanese garden $2.50) has a 10,000-square-ft conservatory. But that's not all.
Kimbell Art Museum
Location: Fort Worth
Architect Louis Kahn's most famous American building was the Kimbell Art Museum, which is famously comprised of six long concrete vaults with skylights running the length of each. Here are top-notch collections of both early 20th-century European art and old
masters.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Location: Fort Worth
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth resides in a gorgeously realized building designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. The structure, consisting of five glass pavilions built on a shimmering lagoon, sets the right tone for contemplating one of the country's strongest collections.
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Stockyards Visitors Center
Location: Fort Worth
Information on the Stockyards area is available at the Stockyards Visitors Center.
Stockyards National Historic District
Location: Fort Worth
The Stockyards National Historic District recalls the prosperity brought to the city in 1902 when two major Chicago meat packers, Armour and Swift, set up plants here to ship meat across the country in refrigerator cars.
Southfork Ranch
Location: Dallas
Minutes north of Dallas lies one of the city's most enduring landmarks, Southfork Ranch ($7.95). Built in 1970, the ranch became one of the city's best-known symbols when the TV show Dallas premiered in 1978. You can still tour the mansion, have lunch at Miss Ellie's
Deli.
Will Rogers Memorial Center
Location: Fort Worth
The Will Rogers Memorial Center, near Fort Worth's museums, is a partially restored coliseum-and-stock pen complex named after the humorist and Fort Worth booster, who described the city as "where the West begins" (and Dallas as "where the East peters out").
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