Places ERuler39 Wants to Go

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

The largest land animal skull ever discovered.

Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.

Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”

Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

Also known as the Cathedral of the Plains, this church holds the distinction of being one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas."