Fort Worth and Dallas are both spectacular cities to shop for antiques – especially if you’re into the high-quality, high-priced tagged variety. Head east from Dallas and you’ll find even more antiques in towns such as Tyle, Longview and even as far as Jefferson. East Texas’ biggest antiques show is Canton’s First Monday Trade Days. Attracting more than 4,000 vendors, this event features all kinds of interesting items, from vintage to 20th century to ranch finds to shabby chic.
Other activities in the area include historic sites, such as Sawmills, early oil derricks – and several sites related to the Civil War and to the area’s large 19th century African American population. Other attractions worth a visit: the Goodman Museum, and the steamboat rides on Lake Caddo in the town of Jefferson.
