Fort Smith, Arkansas
The Clayton House Museum
A beautifully restored 19th-century house that’s possibly haunted.
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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.
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
Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.
Spiro, Oklahoma
Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
A quirky mishmash of Route 66 memorabilia and other throwbacks from the past.
Picher, Oklahoma
This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Though it's no longer a functioning train depot, this castle-like structure is an important piece of Oklahoma history.
Miami, Oklahoma
This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.
South West City, Missouri
Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.
Ponca City, Oklahoma
This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.
Ponca City, Oklahoma
A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.
Stigler, Oklahoma
The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.
Chelsea, Oklahoma
A likeness of Da Vinci's mysterious painting smiles at passersby from the side of a barn.
Skiatook, Oklahoma
A natural rock formation believed to be a cure-all.
Washington, D.C.
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.
Ormond Beach, Florida
Faded remnants of the entrance to a Mediterranean-style resort that never fully came to life.
Georgetown, South Carolina
A haunting—but not haunted—chapel remains in the woods.
St. Helena Island, South Carolina
The remains of a chapel created for convenience.
St. Marys, Georgia
Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.
Rimrock, Arizona
This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water