Roswell, New Mexico
Roswell McDonald's
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
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Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Edmond, Oklahoma
A memorial to victims of the Oklahoma City bombing.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
This 1930s-era Route 66 Tulsa landmark was moved, restored, and filled with neon.
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Though it's no longer a functioning train depot, this castle-like structure is an important piece of Oklahoma history.
Commerce, Oklahoma
The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.
Durant, Oklahoma
No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.
Miami, Oklahoma
This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.
Granite, Oklahoma
Dad jokes and wordplay abound in this comic fake cemetery.
Joplin, Missouri
This monument marks the point where Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri intersect.
Liberty, Missouri
The site of the first daylight, peacetime bank robbery by the James gang.
Kearney, Missouri
The final resting place of the legendary outlaw.
St. Robert, Missouri
Vintage neon signs illuminate highway history.
West Alton, Missouri
Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.
Kansas City, Missouri
This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.
St. Louis, Missouri
The oldest soda fountain in St. Louis has been serving up treats for more than a century.
Hamilton, Missouri
Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.
Fulton, Missouri
A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.
Winona, Missouri
A 40-foot waterfall flows into this unique natural swimming hole.
Ellington, Missouri
One of the deepest springs in Missouri.
Carthage, Missouri
When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.