Secret Dallas: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

Take a trip through the weird, the wry, and the wonderful of the Big D. From the Cockroach Hall of Fame to the ceaseless failed attempts to navigate the Trinity River, to the invention of the computer chip and German chocolate cake, Dallas is the birthplace of the whimsical, the wistful, and the profound. Secret Dallas answers questions about the Big D you never knew you had, catapulting you through a portfolio of little known but fascinating people, places, episodes, and artifacts. Think of it as a scavenger hunt travelogue, providing insights into hidden rhinestones and diamonds in the caliche. Secret Dallas is a riveting excursion into the city’s odds and ends, where ends and means express the big, the bold, and the brash in everyone.