State Fair of Texas – Pumpkins!

By |2019-10-02T21:09:18+00:00October 2nd, 2019|art, Carnival, Dallas People, Design, Pumpkins, South Dallas, Texans, Texas State Fair|

Went to the State Fair last night.  It was extremely quiet - hardly anyone there.  We got to poke in to corners of [...]

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Cooling Weather

By |2019-09-23T18:17:40+00:00September 23rd, 2019|art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, fort worth, Men, Murders, Pumpkins, Texans, Women|

The weather is cooling down.  Book a walking tour with us for either the Dallas West End or the Garland Square. View our [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XVII

By |2019-08-16T15:01:17+00:00August 16th, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Design, fort worth, graves, jail, Texans|

Taking a break from the bleak story of Holmes’ crimes, let’s go back to the mess he left in Fort Worth – the [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, part XII

By |2019-08-02T02:57:06+00:00August 2nd, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, fort worth, jail, Men, Murders, rail lines, st. louis, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Our famous serial killer, H.H. Holmes has hightailed it out of Fort Worth, leaving the workers building his new hotel unpaid. He has [...]

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H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part XI

By |2019-07-31T01:16:13+00:00July 31st, 2019|architecture, castle, cemeteries, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, fort worth, graves, Men, Murders, oak cliff, train history, trains, Women|

After killing Minnie and her sister Nannie Williams in the Chicagoland area in 1893/94, H. H. Holmes quickly moved to claim his ill-gotten [...]

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H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part VI

By |2019-07-10T17:38:11+00:00July 10th, 2019|architecture, castle, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, Men, Murders, oak cliff, rail lines, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Famous Serial Killer with Ties to Dallas Who is this Herman Mudgett/H.H. Holmes character?  How is he luring young women all the way [...]

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H. H. Holmes and Dallas, Part V

By |2019-07-09T23:49:29+00:00July 9th, 2019|architecture, art, castle, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, Men, South Dallas, Texans, trains, Women|

Famous Serial Killer with Ties to Dallas   Minnie Williams, Dallas-area heiress, travels to Chicago during the early months of 1893. She is [...]

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Busch – Kirby Building, Part II

By |2019-06-07T01:12:14+00:00June 7th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, innovations, rail lines, train history, trains|

Busch-Kirby Building 1509 Main Street, Dallas Originally built by Adolphus Busch as a 17-story office and retail space (it has more recently been [...]

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Mo’ Busch Money

By |2019-06-05T16:27:58+00:00June 5th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, beer, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, rail lines, train history, trains, West End|

I got a little flakey with posting there for a while, so your reward is this magnificent Dallas Building! It has a few [...]

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Oriental Hotel – Opening Day Oddness

By |2019-03-18T22:51:25+00:00March 18th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, Men, West End|

The Opening of the Oriental Hotel – A most unusual speech The Oriental Hotel was a much anticipated, super swanky hotel in (what [...]

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