The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

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

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.

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

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

This massive Art Deco-inspired mural was the world's largest augmented reality artwork at the time of its completion.

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

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

This 1930s-era Route 66 Tulsa landmark was moved, restored, and filled with neon.

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

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

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

Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.