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Attractions + Things To Do in Waco #1 of 15 Things To Do in Waco Taylor Museum of Waco History 701 Jefferson Ave Waco TX - 254-752-4774 ~0.82 miles from Waco city center Hotels Close to Taylor Museum of Waco History Exhibits on founders and noteworthy Waco citizens. The 'We the People' exhibit depicts history of the U.S. Constitution and bill of Rights. Other exhibits include the Cotton Palace, Waco Indians and Mount Carmel. #2 of 15 Things To Do in Waco Downtown Waco (Neighborhood) Waco TX ~1.00 miles from Waco city center Hotels Close to Downtown Waco #3 of 15 Things To Do in Waco Mc Culloch House Museum 407 Columbus Ave Waco TX - 254-756-2828 ~1.04 miles from Waco city center Hotels Close to Mc Culloch House Museum Attraction type: Historic home, History museum burked@gov.ns.ca Address: 100 Old Haliburton Road Pictou, Nova Scotia Canada Tel: 902 485-4563 Fax: 902 485-5213 #4 of 15 Things To Do in Waco Dr Pepper Museum 300 S 5th St Waco TX - 254-757-1025 ~1.05 miles from Waco city center Hotels Close to Dr Pepper Museum The Dr Pepper Museum was founded in 1988 to educate and entertain the general public through the collection, preservation, interpretation, and exhibition of objects relevant to the history of the soft drink industry, and through that example, the free enterprise economic system. The Dr Pepper Museum & Free Enterprise Institute is a private, non-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors elected by its membership. The Museum & Free Enterprise Institute opened to the public in May 1991 and through December 31, 2006 has attracted over 945,000 visitors. #5 of 15 Things To Do in Waco Fort House Museum 503 S 4th St Waco TX - 254-756-4161 ~1.19 miles from Waco city center Hotels Close to Fort House Museum Like Waco’s Earle-Napier-Kinnard House and McCulloch House, the Fort House is a Greek Revival-style home built by a wealthy Alabama planter. But the similarities end there. In 1854, William Aldridge Fort packed up his family, four other families, their relatives, and their slaves—500 people in all—and moved to Waco, Texas, building the Fort House for his home. Today, the Fort House is used primarily to showcase Victorian furniture and artifacts from Waco’s prominent early settlers. During the holiday season, visitors will have a chance to see every room decorated with lights, presents and ornaments. The crisp air and warm festivities are sure to offer a glimpse of holidays past. Tour the home during regular operating hours, or call (254) 753-5166 to arrange for a private showing for groups. #6 of 15 Things To Do in Waco Cameron Park Zoo 1701 N 4th St Waco TX - 254-750-8400 ~1.30 miles from Waco city center Hotels Close to Cameron Park Zoo The orangutan Mukah holds up celery while waiting for a drink of Kool-Aid from a zookeeper on opening day of Cameron Park Zoo's Asian Forest exhibit. (Rod Aydelotte photo) The personable orangutans seemed to be a favorite of zoo visitors. Debbie Banks was amused when Kerajaan, one of the orangutans, put a burlap sack on his head, saying it reminded her of similar games her baby plays. Mukah, an orangutan who came to Waco from a zoo in Madison, Wis., loves to show off for humans. “He’s very much a ham. He wants to be where the people are,” primate keeper Rachel Huber said while Mukah returned an onlooker’s gaze. Unlike most orangutans, he makes eye contact with humans. He also loves to watch football. “Maybe he’ll pick the (fantasy football) teams for us,” Huber said. The other orangutans, Kerajaan and Mei, also like to watch TV. The orangutans’ other hobbies include leafing through phone books with raisins sprinkled between the pages, then ripping up the books when they’re done looking at them. Many visitors wanted to see an orangutan push a button that sprays water on zoogoers, but none of them had mastered the button Saturday. Ashley Anderson came with her sons and other family members to see the exhibit. “I think it’s real pretty,” she said. “The boys are loving it.” John Abney came to see Neoma, the Komodo dragon, but said she was smaller than he expected. At almost two years old, she’s 3 1/2 feet long. She’s expected to grow to about 8 feet long and 150 pounds. The zoo’s gift shop was busy most of the day, said Randall Grindle, a sales associate in the shop. Merchandise featuring orangutans and Komodo dragons were hot items, he said. #7 of 15 Things To Do in Waco Floyd Casey Stadium Woodway TX ~1.32 miles from Waco city center Hotels Close to Floyd Casey Stadium Floyd Casey Stadium, originally known as Baylor Stadium, is a stadium in Waco, Texas. It is primarily used for football, and is the home field of the Baylor Bears. It opened in 1950 with a game against Houston, and has room for 50,000 people. It is located about four miles from campus. Originally known as Baylor Stadium, the stadium received its current name at halftime of the Homecoming game on November 5, 1988, when it was renamed for Floyd Casey by his son, university trustee and longtime booster Carl B. Casey of Dallas, who gave $5 million towards an $8 million renovation project. The stadium has a long history of renovations as well. In 1998, the stadium installed SportGrass, a leading natural grass surface. In 2005, the stadium underwent massive renovations to extend the Grant Teaff Plaza to memorialize Baylor's most prestigious head coach, Grant Teaff. The extended plaza created much-needed updates to the stadium's façade. The stadium is an elongated oval shape, running southeast-northwest, with large grandstands on the sidelines. The southeast endzone is cleared, with athletic marks painted on the ground and the large LED scoreboard behind it. (Prior to the creation of the current athletic marks, the area was painted gold, with "BAYLOR" painted in large green block letters.) The northwest endzone has seating in front of the Carl & Thelma Casey Athletic Center, site of the football offices, training facilities & stadium field house. Prior to the building of the stadium, the team had played at Carroll Field, an on-campus field last used in 1935, and Waco/Municipal Stadium on Dutton Avenue. #8 of 15 Things To Do in Waco East Terrace Museum 100 Mill St Waco TX - 254-756-4104 ~1.44 miles from Waco city center Hotels Close to East Terrace Museum #9 of 15 Things To Do in Waco Mayborn Museum 1300 S. University-Parks Waco TX - 254-710-1110 ~1.44 miles from Waco city center Hotels Close to Mayborn Museum The Mayborn Museum Complex is a 142,000-square-foot (13,200 m2) facility that opened in May 2004 at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. It features a natural history museum focusing on Central Texas with walk-in dioramas including one on the Waco Mammoth Site, and exploration stations for geology, paleontology, archeology, and natural history. Sixteen themed discovery rooms encourage hands-on learning for all ages. The complex also includes a 13 acre historic village, a 5,000 sq ft (460 m2) traveling exhibit gallery, a theater, a museum store, and a snack area. #10 of 15 Things To Do in Waco Baylor University PO Box 97033 Waco TX - 254-710-2407 ~1.66 miles from Waco city center Hotels Close to Baylor University Baylor University in Waco, Texas, is a private Baptist university, and a nationally ranked liberal arts institution. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas, Baylor is the oldest, continually operating university in the state. Though 80 percent of our students come from within Texas, we are home to students from all 50 states, and 80 countries. http://www.baylor.edu #11 of 15 Things To Do in Waco Red Men Museum and Library 4521 Speight Ave Waco TX - 254-756-1221 ~2.55 miles from Waco city center Hotels Close to Red Men Museum and Library The Red Men Museum and Library is an American historical reference museum and research library maintained by The Texas Red Men Foundation, Inc. The museum exhibits artifacts of historical significance such as: a bugle recovered from the battlefield at Gettysburg a desk that belonged to Aaron Burr a signed viola from WW II USO show days a ring that belonged to silent film star Rudolph Valentino a peace blanket that belonged to the Apache warrior Geronimo moccasins that belonged to Chiricahua Apache Chief Cochise Many other artifacts pertaining to the Improved Order of Red Men, Degree of Pocahontas, Texas history, American history, and world history are also on display. The 4,000-volume library has an extensive collection dealing with Texas history, the Civil War, and World War II. One of its unique features is a complete set of National Geographic magazines from 1888 to the present. The library also contains books on the American Revolution period, important papers of U.S. presidents, and complete sets of the published Warren Commission report and the Nuremburg War Criminal Trials report. #12 of 15 Things To Do in Waco McLennan Community College 1400 College Dr Waco TX - 254-299-8238 ~3.33 miles from Waco city center Hotels Close to McLennan Community College McLennan Community College (MCC) is a community college partially funded by the taxpayers of McLennan County, Texas. Located in Waco, Texas, it opened in 1965. MCC now serves about 9,000 students and has more than 700 employees. It is governed by a Board of Trustees elected from single-member districts in the county. Coordinates: 31.588047°N 97.172748°W It is one of three colleges in Waco along with Baylor University and Texas State Technical College McLennan Community College is located on 200 acres (0.81 km2) on the north side of town near the Bosque River and Cameron Park. The College also owns Highlander Ranch, a 200-acre (0.81 km2) farm about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the main campus. As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of McLennan Community College consists of the following: all of McLennan and Falls Counties, and the Calvert and Bremond school districts. #13 of 15 Things To Do in Waco Downtown Hewitt (Neighborhood) Hewitt TX ~6.48 miles from Waco city center Hotels Close to Downtown Hewitt #14 of 15 Things To Do in Waco Downtown McGregor (Neighborhood) McGregor TX ~17.07 miles from Waco city center Hotels Close to Downtown McGregor #15 of 15 Things To Do in Waco George W. Bush's Prairie Chapel Ranch TX ~23.51 miles from Waco city center Hotels Close to George W. Bush's Prairie Chapel Ranch Prairie Chapel Ranch is a 1,583 acre (6.4 km²) estate located seven miles (10 km) northwest of Crawford, Texas. The property was acquired by President George W. Bush and was known as the Western White House during his Presidency. Bush spends vacation time at the house where he has also entertained dignitaries from around the world. The ranch gets its name from the Prairie Chapel School which was built nearby on land donated by mid-19th century German immigrant Heinrich Engelbrecht from Oppenwehe, Germany, who owned the land that now comprises the Bush compound. Engelbrecht also donated land for the nearby Canaan Baptist Church (the "Prairie Chapel").

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