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.
Galveston, Texas
This private mansion turned Catholic bishop’s home is an iconic Galveston building.
Galveston, Texas
This memorial and the seawall that it stands near are powerful symbols of the island’s resilience.
Galveston, Texas
This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.
Galveston, Texas
A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
The largest protected conservation area in the Ozarks—a region that stretches into northern Arkansas and southern Missouri.
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
The first commercial phone line west of St. Louis was installed thanks to a group of Cherokee businessmen.
Joplin, Missouri
This monument marks the point where Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri intersect.
Sulphur Springs, Arkansas
These springs were once the source of a tourism boom to Sulphur Springs.
Commerce, Oklahoma
The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.
Arlington, Texas
Fears of Satanic worshippers swirl around five Celtic-inspired megaliths.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
This beacon for pre-radar pilots once guided Charles Lindbergh to a safe touchdown in Tulsa.
Bixby, Oklahoma
One of New York's most iconic authors is strangely honored by this Oklahoma park.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
A quirky mishmash of Route 66 memorabilia and other throwbacks from the past.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.
Fort Smith, Arkansas
The only brothel on the National Register of Historic Places.
Carthage, Missouri
When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.
Chelsea, Oklahoma
A likeness of Da Vinci's mysterious painting smiles at passersby from the side of a barn.
Paris, Texas
In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.
Paris, Texas
In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.
Nowata, Oklahoma
To honor his gardening wife, this yard artist turns bowling balls into playful, colorful sculptures.
Prairie Grove, Arkansas
A mid-century telephone booth still stands, now a long-distance relic of the past.