Heritage Leather
Handcrafted leather goods made in the Craft Village. They also teach leathercrafting workshops if you want to make something of your own.
Explore
Around the inn
Step out the front door and the best of the area is already around you — and the rest of Waco is only minutes further. Ask us during your stay and we'll point you in the right direction.
Just a walk away
Park once and forget the car. The Homestead Heritage Craft Village is a short walk from the inn — working artisan shops for leather, pottery, ironwork, fiber arts and furniture — with Café Homestead, Waco Waffle, hand-roasted coffee, craft chocolate and cave-aged cheese along the same stroll.
Homestead Heritage Craft Village
The Barn
The village shop for work by community artisans: soaps, wooden bowls, rocking chairs, quilts and more.
Heritage Forge
A working blacksmith shop making ironwork by hand, from fireplace tools and lamps to railings, beds and tables.
Homestead Fiber Crafts
Weavers, spinners and knitters making cloth and home goods with traditional techniques.
Woodworking Shop
Custom furniture built with hand-cut joinery, steam-bent wood and carved details.
Homestead Pottery
Handmade pottery made the traditional way, with classes if you want to try the wheel yourself.
Eat & Drink
Café Homestead
Fresh, natural food in the Homestead Heritage Craft Village, just down the road from the inn. A favorite for lunch, and for dinner later in the week.
Waco Waffle Co
Sweet and savory waffles, plus a brisket grilled cheese and breakfast sandwiches. An easy morning out before a day in Waco.
Heritage Coffee
Hand-roasted coffee with scratch-made syrups, set among gardens and old oaks on Halbert Lane — an easy walk from the inn and a favorite first stop of the morning.
Heritage Food Crafters
Craft chocolates made on Halbert Lane, just down from the inn — small-batch confections worth saving room for.
Heritage Cheese Co.
Formerly Brazos Valley Cheese: award-winning raw-milk cheeses aged in a cave seventeen feet underground, with a shop and cheesemaking classes — right on Halbert Lane near the inn.
Shopping
Homestead Market
The little farm grocery right across the street from the inn — local and organic produce, grass-fed meats, farm eggs, fresh bakery goods and locally made cheese. Perfect for stocking the inn’s shared kitchen.
Homestead Craft Village
The artisan village just down the road from the inn — working shops for leather, pottery, ironwork, fiber arts and furniture, with handmade goods to take home and crafts to watch being made.
Homestead General Store
An old-fashioned general store across the street — homesteading tools, canning supplies, heirloom seeds, books, toys and gifts, with treats like craft chocolates and popcorn by the register.
Heritage Quilt Barn
A quilter’s destination right on Halbert Lane — fabrics, notions, patterns and quilt kits from the Homestead Heritage community, with hands-on quilting classes.
A short drive into Waco
When you’re ready for the Silos, the museums and the river, Waco is minutes down the road — and you’ll come home to the quiet side of town.
Eat & Drink
Magnolia Table
The Magnolia restaurant from Chip and Joanna Gaines, known for its breakfast and lunch.
Red Wagon BBQ
Oak-smoked brisket, beef ribs and sausage from natural, organic meats — a Waco barbecue favorite that Texas Monthly has praised for the best brisket in town.
Shopping
Magnolia Market at the Silos
Chip and Joanna Gaines’s home base in downtown Waco: the Magnolia shops, Silos Baking Co., gardens and food trucks, all gathered around the old silos.
Spice Village
More than 60 boutiques under one roof in a historic downtown building — clothing, home decor, jewelry, Baylor gear and gifts, a short walk from the Silos.
Sights & Museums
Dr Pepper Museum
Dr Pepper was invented in Waco, and this museum tells its story inside the 1906 Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building, the soda’s original bottling plant.
Cameron Park Zoo
A zoo and botanical garden where the animals live in natural-style habitats among native plants, waterfalls, lakes and ponds. A good outing for families.
Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
The official museum of the legendary Texas Rangers, beside the Brazos River — firearms, badges and 200 years of frontier law-enforcement history.
Waco Mammoth National Monument
A real Ice Age dig site where a herd of Columbian mammoths was discovered in place. Walkways in the climate-controlled dig shelter look straight down onto the fossils.
Outdoors
Waco Surf
A surf park in the middle of Texas, with wave pools, a standing wave and a lazy river. Day passes and surf sessions are available without staying there.
Western Belle Farm
A family farm just north of the inn that opens seasonally for its Easter, Strawberry, Sunflower and Pumpkin Festivals — animals, a grass maze, tractor rides and homemade food.
Heritage Trailz
Guided horseback trail rides starting just down the road from the inn — scenic routes with a local guide, for all skill levels, with couples and group rides available.
Cameron Park
More than 400 acres of riverside park minutes from downtown — limestone cliffs, miles of hiking and biking trails, the Jacob’s Ladder stair climb, and overlooks above the Brazos.
Sporting Events
Baylor University
Big 12 college sports a few minutes away: Bears football at McLane Stadium on the Brazos, plus basketball, baseball and more across campus. Game weekends fill Waco — book early.
Parsons Sports Ranch
A turf baseball and softball tournament complex about 30 minutes from Waco — teams and families in town for tournaments make the inn a quiet home base.
Make the inn your home base
Stay in one of four suites, or bring everyone and take the whole house.
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