Dallas Photos -- National Geographic's Ultimate City Guides

Pioneer Plaza
Photograph by Guido Alberto Rossi/TIPS Image
Dallas honors its cowboy past with a bronze sculpture of a cattle drive at Pioneer Plaza downtown.
Tourists in Western Wear
Photograph by Guido Alberto Rossi/TIPS Image
Tourists in Western wear pose for a souvenir photo before the Lone Star flag.
Bank of America Plaza
Photograph by Mark Downey/Masterfile
A flowing sculpture relieves the vertical geometry of the 72-story glass tower at the Bank of America Plaza. The skyscraper, Dallas's tallest, is outlined with tubes of glowing green argon gas at night.
Thanks-Giving Square
Photograph by R.Krubner/Robertstock.com
Stained glass accentuates the spiral tower in the chapel at Thanks-Giving Square in downtown Dallas.
Highland Park Village
Photograph by Richard Cummins/Lonely Planet
Highland Park Village, a shopping mall located in a Dallas suburb, is a national historic landmark that opened in 1931.
Big Tex
Photograph by Richard Cummins/Lonely Planet Images
Every year Big Tex welcomes more than three million people to the Texas State Fair in Dallas.
Bluebonnets
Photograph by Jill Stephenson/Alamy
Bluebonnets, the state flower of Texas, grace a hillside in the Dallas Nature Center, a 633-acre (256-hectare) preserve with ten miles (16 kilometers) of hiking trails.
Skyline
Photograph by Jerry Driendl/Getty Images
The Dallas skyline is made distinctive by the ball-shaped Reunion observation tower. Numerous new skyscrapers are under construction or being planned in the city after almost two decades of slow growth.
Nasher Sculpture Center and Garden
Photograph by Mark Downey/Masterfile
The Nasher Sculpture Center and Garden, with exhibits indoors and out, occupies two acres (one hectare) near the Dallas Museum of Art in the Dallas Arts District.
Log Cabin Replica
Photograph by Artdirectors
A log cabin replica of Dallas founder John Neely Bryan's original 1840s home still stands in the West End Historic District.