#1 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Interurban Railway Museum 901 E 15th St Plano TX - 972-941-7250 ~0.28 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Interurban Railway Museum Commuting is a fact of life for tens of million of Americans. In suburban Dallas, there is the Interurban Electric Railway that commemorates some of the significant developments in urban transportation. Between 1908 and 1948 the Texas Electric Railway ran from Dallas to Denison, among many other routes throughout Texas. The primary stop between these locations was in Plano, which is now the site for the Interurban Railway Museum. Plano decided to renovate the station into a museum to recognize the importance of the station as a sign of technological progression. The electric railway car was an important advancement of the traditional steam engine. The museum features pictures, displays and artifacts from the Texas Electric Railway. You can even tour one of the train cars. A must visit for ... |
#2 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Heritage Farm Museum 1900 W 15th St Plano TX - 972-881-0140 ~1.74 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Heritage Farm Museum The Heritage Farmstead Museum (HFM) is the premiere living history site interpreting the Texas black-land prairie region in north-Texas. An American Association of Museums accredited institution, the HFM strives to offer unique encounters with objects and ideas for people of many ages, interests and backgrounds. The museum is an institution of public service and is accountable to the public through government, self and peer imposed regulations. |
#3 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Plano Convention and Visitors Bureau 2000 E. Spring Creek Pkwy Plano TX ~2.56 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Plano Convention and Visitors Bureau The Plano Convention & Visitors Bureau (Plano CVB) is the official destination marketing organization for the City of Plano, Texas. The Plano CVB represents tourism-related entities in such categories as lodging, dining, arts & attractions, shopping, and transportation, among others, as well as other companies indirectly involved in the visitor industry. |
#4 of 30 Things To Do in Plano University of Texas at Dallas Dallas TX ~3.84 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at Dallas (also referred to as UT Dallas or UTD) is a public research university in The University of Texas System. The UTD main campus is located in Richardson, Texas, United States in the heart of Telecom Corridor. The institution began as a research arm of Texas Instruments established in 1961 as the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest and was renamed the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies (SCAS) in 1967. In 1969 the founders bequeathed SCAS to the State of Texas and Governor Preston Smith signed the bill creating The University of Texas at Dallas on June 13 of that year. The rapidly growing university is now known for its computer science, natural science, engineering, cognitive science, mathematics, and MBA programs, also the translation studies and Ho... |
#5 of 30 Things To Do in Plano First United Methodist Church Richardson TX - 9722348385 ~4.78 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to First United Methodist Church http://www.fumcr.com |
#6 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Sting Dallas Complex 535 E. Buckingham Rd. Richardson TX ~6.05 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Sting Dallas Complex Soccer field |
#7 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Firewheel Town Center TX ~6.51 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Firewheel Town Center Firewheel Town Center is an open-air, mixed-use development with an exciting array of department stores, specialty retail, unique restaurants, and an 18-screen AMC Theatre that complements the fast-growing areas of northeastern Dallas and southern Collin County. It is an architecturally distinctive property: a pedestrian-friendly Main Street town center that feels neighborly and inviting. With over 1 million-square-feet of retail space, the super-regional shopping center also offers more than 75,000 square feet of upscale second-level office space, a large park with a Koi pond and fountain, a children’s play area, and other appealing public spaces.Firewheel Town Center is a 785,000-square-foot (72,900 m2) open-air regional shopping mall in Garland, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The mall... http://www.simon.com/mall/default.aspx?ID=1074 |
#8 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Allen Premium Outlets 820 West Stacy Road Allen TX - (972) 678-7000 ~8.07 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Allen Premium Outlets 100 OUTLET STORES Fine impressive savings at Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, BCBG Max Azria, Calvi etc. http://www.premiumoutlets.com |
#9 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Dallas North Dallas Heliport (WSL) Addison TX ~8.31 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Dallas North Dallas Heliport (WSL)
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Cavanaugh Flight Museum Addison TX ~8.58 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Cavanaugh Flight Museum The Cavanaugh Flight Museum is an aviation museum in Addison, Texas, with a non-profit 501(c)(3) status for aviation educational.The Museum promotes aviation education, research and American aviation heritage. Further, the Museum provides aircraft restoration, operates and maintains flying aircraft, maintains and displays historically-significant vintage aircraft; with an aviation collections department.The aircraft collection held by the museum began as the personal collection of businessman Jim Cavanaugh. His collection began with the purchase of a half-share in a 1939 Piper J-3 Cub in 1980. The museum opened in October 1993.The flight museum is home to an aviation art gallery that includes pieces from Keith Ferris, Roy Grinnell, William Phillips, John Shaw, Stan Stokes, Robe... |
#11 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Dr. Pepper Ballpark Frisco TX ~8.88 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Dr. Pepper Ballpark
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Dr. Pepper StarCenter Frisco TX ~8.95 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Dr. Pepper StarCenter
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Galleria Dallas Area Farmers Branch TX ~9.43 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Galleria Dallas Area
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Plano The Ballfields at Craig Ranch McKinney TX ~10.55 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to The Ballfields at Craig Ranch
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Brookhaven College 3939 Valley View Lane Dallas TX - 972-860-4700 ~10.87 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Brookhaven College http://www.brookhavencollege.edu |
#16 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Northpark Center Dallas TX ~11.44 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Northpark Center NorthPark Center is an upscale shopping mall located in Dallas, Texas (United States). The mall is located at the intersection of Loop 12 (Northwest Highway) and US 75 (North Central Expressway). The center has over 235 stores and restaurants.In the early 1960s, developer Raymond Nasher leased a 97-acre (390,000 m2) cotton field on the edge of Dallas. NorthPark Center opened in 1965, as then the largest climate-controlled retail establishment in the world, and is now owned, managed, operated and leased by husband and wife David J. Haemisegger and Nancy A. Nasher (Ray's daughter).The American Film Institute's Dallas International Film Festival was sponsored by NorthPark Center in 2009. The event was held in the AMC NorthPark 15 movie theater center, which also hosted screenings duri... |
#17 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Pizza Hut Park Frisco TX ~12.39 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Pizza Hut Park Pizza Hut Park is a soccer-specific stadium with a 21,193-seat capacity, built and owned by the city of Frisco, Texas. Its primary tenant is Major League Soccer (MLS) team FC Dallas, which relocated from the Cotton Bowl in central Dallas to the fast-growing suburb. The naming rights to the facility were acquired by the large pizza chain Pizza Hut whose corporate headquarters are in Addison, Texas (a northern Dallas suburb). |
#18 of 30 Things To Do in Plano FC Dallas Park Frisco TX ~12.55 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to FC Dallas Park
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Southern Methodist University (SMU) Balch Springs ~13.14 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Southern Methodist University (SMU) Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private, coeducational university in University Park, Texas (an enclave of Dallas). Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU currently operates campuses in University Park, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church.Of the University's current enrollment of 11,000, around 6,000 are undergraduates. |
#20 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden Dallas TX ~13.77 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden is a 66-acre (267,000 m²) botanical garden located at 8617 Garland Road in east Dallas, Texas (USA), on the southeastern shore of White Rock Lake.A faint afternoon view of the Dallas skyline across White Rock Lake from the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical GardenThe arboretum is a series of gardens and fountains with a view of the lake and the downtown Dallas skyline. The majority of the grounds were once part of a 44-acre (180,000 m2) estate known as Rancho Encinal, built for geophysicist Everett Lee DeGolyer and his wife Nell. Mrs. DeGolyer's interests included her extensive flower gardens. The DeGolyer Home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Since 1976, the DeGolyer estate has formed the largest portion of the Dallas Arbor... |
#21 of 30 Things To Do in Plano IAD (Integrated Athletic Development) Carrollton TX ~13.98 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to IAD (Integrated Athletic Development)
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Highland Park Shopping Village Dallas TX ~14.12 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Highland Park Shopping Village Highland Park Village is an upscale shopping mall located at the southwest corner of Mockingbird Lane and Preston Road in Highland Park, Texas (USA) and was the first self-contained shopping center in America. The Highland Park Village was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2000 and is near Dallas, Texas. |
#23 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Frontiers of Flight Museum Dallas TX ~14.56 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Frontiers of Flight Museum The Frontiers of Flight Museum is an aerospace museum located in Dallas, Texas. The museum was founded in November 1988 by William E. Cooper, Kay Bailey Hutchison and Jan Collmer. Originally located within a terminal at Dallas Love Field, the museum now occupies a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) building at the Southeast corner of Love Field on Lemmon Avenue.Aviation historian George E. Haddaway promoted the founding of the museum subsequent to donation of his extensive personal collection of aviation history books, journals, photographs and archives to the University of Texas at Dallas as the nucleus of one of the world's finest aviation collections, the History of Aviation Collection.The museum features an extensive collection of aviation history artifacts and vehicles, and focuses on... |
#24 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Bachman Lake Park Dallas TX ~14.81 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Bachman Lake Park
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Lewisville Convention Center Lewisville TX ~15.47 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Lewisville Convention Center
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Cityplace Center Dallas TX ~15.76 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Cityplace Center The Tower at Cityplace is a 42-story building located at 2711 North Haskell Avenue at North Central Expressway (US 75) in the Cityplace district of Uptown Dallas, Texas (USA). The building is 560 feet (171 m) tall and has 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m2) of office space |
#27 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Vista Mall Lewisville TX ~15.84 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Vista Mall http://www.vistaridgemall.com |
#28 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Toyota Railroad Park Lewisville TX ~15.90 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Toyota Railroad Park
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Museum of the American Railroad Dallas TX ~16.36 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Museum of the American Railroad The Museum of the American Railroad, formerly known as the Age of Steam Railroad Museum, is located at 1105 Washington Street in Fair Park, Dallas, Texas. The museum has a large collection of steam, diesel and passenger railroad equipment. The museum is noted for allowing guests to walk through some of the equipment.The museum will soon relocate to Frisco, Texas. |
#30 of 30 Things To Do in Plano Las Colinas Farmers Branch ~16.37 miles from Plano city center Hotels Close to Las Colinas Las Colinas is a developed area in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas. Due to its central location between Dallas and Fort Worth and its proximity to DFW Airport, Las Colinas has been a viable place in the Metroplex for corporate and business relocation. As a planned community, it is synonymous with corporate offices, luxury hotels, landmark office towers on shining lakes, private country clubs, gated executive enclaves and urban lofts. |