Places exploringwithesch Wants to Go

A tiny but mighty little pumper sits in the middle of the street, waiting for the next big oil strike.

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

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

Songwriter Leon Russell transformed this church into a recording studio used by many legendary musicians.

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

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

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.

Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.

Collection maintained by the legendary designer.

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

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

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

A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.

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

To honor his gardening wife, this yard artist turns bowling balls into playful, colorful sculptures.

No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.

Over 50 historic windmills whir away at this outdoor museum.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

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

The granite monument is engraved with the image of the talking horse's head coming through a barn door.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.