Vicksburg, Mississippi
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This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.
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Vicksburg, Mississippi
This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.
Biloxi, Mississippi
A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.
Olive Branch, Mississippi
Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Gulfport, Mississippi
Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.
Jackson, Mississippi
Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.
Claiborne County, Mississippi
An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
A museum and apothecary garden devoted to the history of frontier medicine.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Its incredible collection preserves 170 years of sewing machine history.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.
Afton, Oklahoma
Collection maintained by the legendary designer.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.
Durant, Oklahoma
No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.
Cache, Oklahoma
This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a century-old passion play.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.
Norman, Oklahoma
The largest land animal skull ever discovered.
Miami, Oklahoma
When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.
Chelsea, Oklahoma
This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.
Lawton, Oklahoma
American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."