Catoosa, Oklahoma
Blue Whale of Catoosa
Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.
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Catoosa, Oklahoma
Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
The only fully-realized skyscraper built by the famed American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.
Skiatook, Oklahoma
A natural rock formation believed to be a cure-all.
Hugo, Oklahoma
Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”
Cisco, Texas
Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.
Cross Plains, Texas
The house where the pulp fiction writer and Conan the Barbarian creator lived.
Round Rock, Texas
This gas station offers wine tastings and craft beer.
Round Mountain, Texas
This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
San Antonio, Texas
A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.
San Antonio, Texas
A priceless work of art created by the saint's own blood sister hangs in a San Antonio basilica.
Delta, Alabama
The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.
Florence, Alabama
This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.
Iuka, Mississippi
The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.
Memphis, Tennessee
The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.
Memphis, Tennessee
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
Ridgedale, Missouri
If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.
Springfield, Missouri
An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.
South West City, Missouri
Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.
Dallas, Texas
The final resting place of an outlaw, whose legend grew after death.
West, Texas
Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.
Waco, Texas
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
Schulenburg, Texas
Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.
Houston, Texas
At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.