Visit Dallas

The Alamo, four more Spanish missions and the River Walk below street level.

Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center and the most diverse food scene in the country.

The live-music capital: SXSW, bats under the Congress bridge and breakfast tacos.

Visit New York City, the most populous city in the United States. See the Statue of Liberty (iconic symbol of freedom, gifted by France in 1886), walk through Central Park (843-acre urban park with lakes, trails, and the Bethesda Terrace), explore Times Square (bustling commercial hub known for its bright billboards and Broadway theaters), and visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art (one of the world's largest art museums with over 2 million works).

Matthew McConaughey as a Texan smuggling AIDS drugs in 1985; he and Jared Leto both won Oscars.

Errol Morris re-enacts a Dallas cop killing and gets an innocent man freed.

Visit San Francisco, a vibrant city in California. Ride the historic cable cars (the last manually operated system in the world), walk across the Golden Gate Bridge (iconic 2.7 km suspension bridge with views of the bay), explore Alcatraz Island (former federal prison with tours of its notorious cells), and see the Painted Ladies (row of Victorian houses at Alamo Square, famous from TV shows).

Visit Las Vegas, the entertainment capital of the world in Nevada. Walk the Las Vegas Strip (4.2 km of iconic resorts like Bellagio with its fountain shows and Venetian with gondola rides), see the Fremont Street Experience (historic downtown with a 460-meter LED canopy and zip line), and catch a Cirque du Soleil performance (acrobatic shows at venues like The Mirage).