Dallas wears its history and its glamour in equal measure, from the somber turn at Dealey Plaza to the glittering skyline lounges and the nation's largest arts district. Days here drift easily between world-class museums, blooming gardens, and the cattle-drive romance of nearby Fort Worth. Bring your curiosity and your sunglasses; the Texas sun and the hospitality run bright.
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The Southwest's premier institution devoted to African American art, history, and culture, home to a renowned folk-art collection.
Pip’s Tip Tuesday to Saturday, 11 to 5, in Fair Park. The Southwest's premier African American art and history institution.
A moving granite-and-bronze memorial honoring the formerly enslaved Dallasites buried at one of America's largest Freedman's cemeteries.
Pip’s Tip Open daily and free. Granite and bronze memorial to the formerly enslaved Dallasites buried there.
A three-hour bus tour to more than twenty sites covering Freedmen's towns, Deep Ellum's Black origins and the migration that reshaped South Dallas.
Pip’s Tip Select dates only, departs 9am, and it runs three hours. Over twenty sites including Freedmen's towns.
The museum that tells the story of JFK's 1963 assassination from the very window it happened, standing over historic Dealey Plaza.
Dallas's glowing orb landmark offers a 360-degree observation deck with sweeping views across the whole skyline.
A free, encyclopedic collection spanning ancient to contemporary that anchors the country's largest urban arts district.
A striking cube of science with dinosaurs, gems, and hands-on halls that delight kids and grown-ups alike.
A lush deck park built over a freeway, buzzing with food trucks, games, and free programming in the heart of downtown.
Sixty-six acres of seasonal blooms and lake views on the shores of White Rock Lake, a photographer's dream in every season.
An indoor-outdoor jewel box of modern sculpture with a serene garden that feels like a secret oasis.
A lush indoor rainforest and aquarium where sloths, toucans, and sharks share a beautifully immersive downtown escape.
A sweeping bronze herd of longhorns thundering through a downtown park, one of Dallas's most-photographed free landmarks.
An immersive walk through a modern presidency, complete with a full-scale Oval Office replica on the SMU campus.
A walkable, colorful enclave of indie boutiques, murals, coffee shops, and some of the city's best local eats.
Twice-daily longhorn cattle drives, honky-tonks, and Old West swagger about 40 minutes west of downtown Dallas.
A world-class collection housed in Louis Kahn's luminous vaulted masterpiece, worth the short drive west on its own.
An award-winning estate vineyard with a lakeside patio, picnic lawns, dog-friendly grounds and live music, one of the most popular real vineyard day trips out of DFW, about an hour southwest.
A family-owned estate making wine from Texas-grown grapes, with a tasting room, working vineyard and country views just north of Dallas, under an hour out.
A genuine estate vineyard with planted vines and a French-style château in Grapevine, the closest real vineyard experience to Dallas at about 30 minutes; confirm tasting hours before you go.
Walk the Cowboys locker room, players' tunnel and field at the world's largest domed stadium, passing a serious contemporary art collection along the way.
A narrated hop-on hop-off trolley with fourteen stops, covering downtown, Deep Ellum and the minute-by-minute JFK route from Dealey Plaza.
Longhorns in the street twice a day, the West, thirty minutes west.
A family caravan and a picnic at the overlook. Members hear first.
Day trips are one chapter of Pip's Lifestyle, find the stays, brunch spots, lounges and the Domino Club below.
