Dallas is an oasis of civilization, art, and shopping in the middle of the Texas prairie. You can spend your days meandering through art galleries, shopping at major stores like Nieman Marcus and chic boutiques, and eating in world-class restaurants. Why not cap the day off with a show by Shakespeare Dallas.

Even though it’s a cosmopolitan city, Dallas is still a Texan city so put on your cowboy boots, eat some barbecue and get ready to do some line dancing. Many of the fine restaurants serve up a great Texas steak and some tangy, smoky barbecue. And the nightlife includes a number of places where you can experience authentic honky tonk music.

Five-time Super Bowl Champs the Dallas Cowboys are just one of the great spectator sports teams in Dallas. In addition to the hometown favorite NFL team (and their famous cheerleaders), there’s baseball, basketball, hockey, and even rodeo to watch.

The Texas Rangers, which were once owned by former President George W. Bush, are the hometown baseball team. Their stadium is retro-style, reminiscent of the golden age of baseball when stadiums felt intimate, like a large ballpark for your summer family.

Dallas also supports pro basketball team the Mavericks and pro hockey team the Stars. But for something a little less than mainstream, consider checking out the rodeo. The Mesquite Championship Rodeo is one of the best in Texas featuring calf roping, bull riding, and chuck wagon races.

Dallas is home to America’s largest arts district, which is filled with many museums, shops and theaters. The Nasher Sculpture Center is one of the most celebrated art museums in Dallas. Nasher is held by some as the greatest private sculpture collection in the world; it includes works by Auguste Rodin, Richard Serra, Henri Matisse, and many others.

Adjacent to Nasher, you’ll find the Dallas Museum of Art. The museum is home to a large collection of Maya and Aztec art and a European collection that includes works by Degas, Picasso, and Monet. There is even a collection of contemporary art with works artists like Jackson Pollock who is known for his unique abstract expressionist paintings.

Explore a tragic, but memorable event in American history at the Sixth Floor Museum. The museum explores the story of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas in 1963. The museum is located in the Texas School Book Depository, the place where, according to the work of the Warren Commission, Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy.

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