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Dallas and Fort Worth Travel

Though they are indeed two separate cities, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, are often lumped together as though they were one big metropolis, due to their close proximity to each other.

Sprawling Dallas, the ninth largest city in the United States, is the leading business and financial center in America's Southwest, but still greets visitors with a Western flair that exudes friendliness and warmth. It's one of the leading convention destinations in the country, thanks to its spirit of hospitality.

Fort Worth, about 35 miles to the west, is smaller but is home, nonetheless, to some of the nation's largest corporations. The town fiercely embraces its Western heritage and proudly boasts of its cowboy museums, rodeos, and old Western-style saloons. Visitors to the area usually take time to explore both cities, each with attractions that are too special to miss.

If you enjoy museum-hopping, you'll love it here! Museums and other cultural attractions are plentiful. Check out the impressive Dallas Museum of Art, with an excellent collection of American works, Impressionist paintings, and art from Africa and Asia as well. Forth Worth boasts the Modern Art Museum, which focuses on American and European works from 1945 to the present, and the Amon Carter Museum, featuring American paintings, photography, and more from the mid-1800s to the present.

In the mood for a little cowboy history? In Fort Worth, you can make stops at the Cattle Raiser's Museum, National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, and the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame. You can even visit Southfork, the ranch where the long-running TV show Dallas was filmed.

For some additional Western fun, enjoy a day at Dallas' Mesquite Championship Rodeo, take in a foot-stompin' Western show at the Fort Worth Cowtown Coliseum, or stop at Billy Bob's Texas or the famous Gilley's, for dinner, drinks, and the best in live entertainment. Don't forget to ride the mechanical bull!

If you're traveling with the kids, there are a ton of things in the D/FW area that they'll love. Make a stop at Six Flags Over Texas, a great Western-oriented theme park; visit the Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament, a fun dinner theater complete with jousting knights and beautiful queens; or head for the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, where kids can learn about everything from dinosaurs to robots.

History took a sad turn here in Dallas in 1963, when President Kennedy was shot as his motorcade traveled through the streets of the city. In tribute to the late president, many visitors include the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on their itinerary. Here, you'll examine the life and times of the president and interesting facts about that fateful day.

Dallas/Ft. Worth residents are sports fanatics and the cities boast some of the best professional sports teams in the country. If your timing's right, you can travel to Texas Stadium and watch the famed Dallas Cowboys in action or catch a little Rangers baseball at Ameriquest Field.