Hugo, Oklahoma
Showmen's Rest
Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Hugo, Oklahoma
Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”
Gurdon, Arkansas
A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.
Jessieville, Arkansas
Crystal hunters can dig for their own stones at this DIY mine in Arkansas’ quartz belt.
Magnet Cove, Arkansas
Home to a seasonal waterfall and swimming hole in the Ouachita Mountains.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
A beautiful botanical garden in the heart of the Natural State.
Mount Ida, Arkansas
You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.
Noble, Oklahoma
A collection of beautiful crystals shaped like freshly plucked roses.
Catoosa, Oklahoma
Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.
Chelsea, Oklahoma
This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.
Chelsea, Oklahoma
A likeness of Da Vinci's mysterious painting smiles at passersby from the side of a barn.
Fort Smith, Arkansas
A beautifully restored 19th-century house that’s possibly haunted.
Fort Smith, Arkansas
The only brothel on the National Register of Historic Places.
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Where Elvis Presley received his first Army buzz cut.
Spiro, Oklahoma
Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.
Poteau, Oklahoma
Claims to be the "World's Highest Hill."
Heavener, Oklahoma
One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.
Stigler, Oklahoma
The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
The first commercial phone line west of St. Louis was installed thanks to a group of Cherokee businessmen.
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
The granite monument is engraved with the image of the talking horse's head coming through a barn door.
West Mineral, Kansas
The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.
Joplin, Missouri
A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.
Joplin, Missouri
A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.