Dallas Museum of Art
The Dallas Museum of Art is the main art museum in the Downtown Art Quarter. He moved here from his former place in Fair Park in 1984. The new museum building was designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes, a gold medalist of the American Institute of Architecture in 2007.
Arts District in Dallas
Arts District became the founder and member of the Global Network of Cultural Districts — the World Federation, founded in 2014. Its area is only 0.3 sq. km., but the most significant cultural attractions of the city are located here.
Bank of America Plaza
Bank of America Plaza is the tallest skyscraper in Dallas and the third tallest in Texas. Its height is 280 m, and there are 72 floors inside. The skyscraper in the style of late modernism began to be built in 1983 and was completed in just 2 years.
The ghost town of Terlingua
Terlingua is one of the famous Texas attractions, a ghost town covered with legends and infamous fame. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was a living working village built near the mines, from where 40% of the total volume of mercury used in the United States was lifted.
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden with an area of more than 250 thousand square meters is located on the southeastern shore of White Rock Lake. There are a huge number of different gardens here, and this beautiful sight is complemented by a view of the lake and the Dallas downtown landscape.
Houston Zoo
The Houston Zoo is a tropical forest, an African savanna and a dozen other ecosystems of the Earth that can be seen in the metropolis. There are 6000 animals of 900 species living here. Gorillas and elephants, sea lions and many other representatives of the fauna of the planet live in conditions as close to natural as possible.
West End Historic District in Dallas
The West End Historic District occupies an area of 27 hectares in the northeastern part of downtown. It traces its history back to 1872 . However, then it was just a trading post, founded after the arrival of the Houston and Texas Railroad in the city.