Outdoors & Rec

Comedian Sammy Minsk takes to Dallas’ Katy Trail every weekend to type up bad advice for anyone who asks. At least it’s free.

The Texas Rangers teamed up with famed Dallas sculptor Brad Oldham for a treasure hunt that sports fans will love.

Some DART spots are just worth the ride.

You want to tackle a marathon but have never run a day in your life. Here’s some advice for beginners in Dallas, from where to find the perfect footwear to tips for outsmarting the scorching sun.

Pickleball is all the rage, but it’s not the only game in town. Here are Dallas’ best adult sports leagues.

The Boneyard will be renamed in honor of the inspirational disabled extreme athlete.

The Texas heat may be blistering, but a community of senior residents is finding joy in the outdoors.

There’s a lot on the calendars between October through December, and a few of the holidays involve some overindulging.

WARNING: There is an inordinate amount of swimming puns in the following article. Every year when the summer comes around for the last 19 years, Lee Harvey’s owner Seth Smith says, he’d always see a dip in attendance for his South Dallas patio bar. “Our numbers at Lee Harvey’s would…

The wild and mysterious national park in our very own way-back backyard.

Carnivorous plants may evoke images of frightening looking foliage with razor sharp teeth and a taste for blood. But Paul Riddell, the owner and operator of the Texas Triffid Ranch in Richardson, says they actually possess a unique, haunting beauty unlike any other plant species. “I just realized these were…

The holidays are coming in hot, which means there will be no shortage of frosted sugar cookies and nothing sounds better than grabbing those unattractive flannel jammies and curling up on the couch.

Throughout the pandemic, hundreds — and in some places, thousands — gathered daily in North Texas without regard for social distancing.

You may have heard of geocaching, a high-tech treasure hunt; geocachers, often just called “cachers,” like to say they “use multi-million-dollar satellites to find Tupperware in the woods.” And actually, that’s pretty accurate. Geocaches are all around you. You’ve probably parked your car next to one more than once and…

It’s not a municipality of vampires, at least we don’t think so, but a lone town in North Texas is clinging to the darkness. “It’s kind of a dark area, not a lot of development, not yet,” says Gordon Meredith, North Texas regional manager for the Texas chapter of the…

Dallas’ skyline is fun. Between the light works at the Omni and the Reunion Tower, we are consistently reminded of the glorious heights achieved by mankind’s erections. Pun intended. But, let us be honest, architecturally speaking, it’s not the most elegant of cities, and downtown is about to get even…

On Oct. 6, a woman was visiting the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden and witnessed maskless visitors sticking their hands in the koi pond. As she captured video through her phone, the individuals attempted to catch fish with their bare hands. “I was just horrified and wanted to post it,”…

For most of us, a to-do list represents a series of daunting errands, everyday chores and endless cycles of grocery shopping. Dale Blasingame has more exciting tasks to cross off his list: getting to know every part of the country through its national parks. Blasingame’s love of parks is greater…

There’s no better time or place to have a scenic photoshoot than summertime in North Texas, especially now as most places remain quasi-closed. If you follow local photographers on Instagram, you’re sure to find your feed filled with people frolicking in fields of flowers and posing by lakes, trees and…

As the great Bowling for Soup once said, “high school never ends.” Let’s face it, we’re all awkward 16-year-olds at heart. Luckily, Dallas has an endless number of places for everyone, nerds and goths alike, to make good use of our disposable income. So tell us which clique you belonged…

Life-sized photographs of the bodies of four African American people dangled from nooses on Barney’s tree in Glenn Beck’s studio on Wednesday evening in Dallas. Beck didn’t kill them, but some white man did. They were images of slaves who had been hanged in the past for real and then…

As Deep Ellum continues to grow in business and in opportunities for artists, the more necessary the means to accommodate various forms of transportation. Earlier this year, Deep Ellum implemented plans to help reduce traffic by designating certain intersections as rideshare drop-off and pick-up spots. Shuttles from downtown Dallas offer…