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Tulsa, Oklahoma
Golden Driller
The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.
36.1344, -95.9308
Arcadia, Oklahoma
Old Route 66 Filling Station
Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.
35.6603, -97.2740
Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
The Toy and Action Figure Museum
The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.
34.7401, -97.2196
Dallas, Texas
LBJ Presidential Marker
The unique location where the former president was rapidly sworn in.
32.8481, -96.8512
Denton, Texas
Goatman's Bridge
A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.
33.1297, -97.1060
Sullivan, Missouri
Meramec Caverns
400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.
38.2745, -91.1057
Joy, Missouri
Montauk Springs
Around 50 million gallons of water flow from this spring every day.
37.4603, -91.6832
Springfield, Missouri
Fantastic Caverns
The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.
37.2878, -93.3591
St. Joseph, Missouri
Glore Psychiatric Museum
The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.
39.7769, -94.8147
Kansas City, Missouri
Treasures of the Steamboat Arabia
Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.
39.1094, -94.5815
Kansas City, Missouri
Union Station Lamp Post Clock
This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.
39.0854, -94.5861
Kansas City, Missouri
Country Club Plaza
The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.
39.0420, -94.5920
Kansas City, Missouri
World's Largest Shuttlecocks
Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
39.0451, -94.5810
Kansas City, Missouri
SubTropolis
The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.
39.1612, -94.4762
Independence, Missouri
Vaile Mansion
A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.
39.1076, -94.4171
Independence, Missouri
Independence Temple
This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.
39.0911, -94.4261
Clinton, Missouri
Tightwad Bank
This small town bank is very aware of its name thank you very much.
38.3092, -93.5449
Independence, Missouri
The Bingham-Waggoner Estate
This mansion was made famous by its colorful cast of owners and location along the Sante Fe Trail.
39.0856, -94.4193
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hot Springs Beer
This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.
34.5146, -93.0534
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