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Discover 13 places to experience unusual history in Oklahoma.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
Denver Avenue Station
In Tulsa's Oil Capital historic district, even the bus station is "fauxback" Art Deco.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jim Thorpe Museum
This small museum inside a larger sports complex honors the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the U.S., and his life of achievement and struggle.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma National Stockyards
The largest cattle market on earth holds live auctions open to the public every week.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Railway Museum
A crew of die-hard train buffs spent decades turning a defunct stretch of railway in Oklahoma City into a museum now home to over 50 antique and restored trains.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
First Americans Museum
The largest single-building tribal cultural center in the U.S. is an expansive museum in Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Plaza Theatre
After being abandoned for decades, Oklahoma’s first air-conditioned theatre was reborn in the new century.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Wheeler Ferris Wheel
The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Cain’s Ballroom
Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
Arcadia Round Barn
This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Underground
Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.
Commerce, Oklahoma
Home of Mickey Mantle
The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.
Barnsdall, Oklahoma
Barnsdall Main Street Oil Well
A tiny but mighty little pumper sits in the middle of the street, waiting for the next big oil strike.
Miami, Oklahoma
Route 66 Sidewalk Highway
When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.
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