Places ashleymlawrence Wants to Go

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

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.

Site of the 1926 murder trial of Ernest Burkhart who was involved in the "Reign of Terror."

A quirky mishmash of Route 66 memorabilia and other throwbacks from the past.

This enthusiast-led facility is the only museum in the country dedicated to the preservation of weather artifacts.

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's oldest arcade has reinvented itself as a competitive pinball mecca.

Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?

A likeness of Da Vinci's mysterious painting smiles at passersby from the side of a barn.

The only remaining sod house Oklahoma built by a homesteader in 1894.

Located along historic Route 66, this former gas station has been restored and converted into a museum filled with vintage motorcycles.

Come for the fried chicken, stay for the history at Oklahoma's oldest bar.

An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."

A 50-foot-tall replica of the infamous lamp from 'A Christmas Story' illuminates this small town.

Claims to be the "World's Highest Hill."

The largest single-building tribal cultural center in the U.S. is an expansive museum in Oklahoma City.

This museum holds not just a world class collection of firefighting artifacts and gear but even the region's first fire station itself.

This unique landscape is the only place in the world to dig for hourglass-selenite crystals.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

This highway overpass was named after the tragic disappearance of a young mother who got mixed up with the wrong people.

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.