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Explore the Wilds of Africa, learn about the Giants of the Savanna and regale in the elephants, tigers and bears of the ZooNorth, all at the Dallas Zoo. The 100-acre facility is home to 406 species and 1,800 animals.

Raise a bottle of grog, wipe your matted beard on your sleeve and toast your knight at the Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament. This attraction will make you feel like royalty with its banquet-style theater in the round, and you can tour the grounds where period-costumed actors create a Medieval village experience.

It's everything you've always dreamed of as a kid. The State Fair of Texas features tons of blue-ribbon animals, favorite fair food, games, major entertainment and plenty of family fun. The annual festival takes place over 4 weeks in September and October.

Cedar Crest Golf Course was voted "Best Place to Play" by Golf Digest in 2008, and has a long history of tournament play since it opened in the early 1920s.