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Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

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

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

Home to several unusual artifacts, including a huge painting of George Washington.

The final resting place of one of the most iconic musicians of the '80s.

A monument to the “unrecognized dead” of the tragic 1876 train crash.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

Dozens of striking Indian symbols cover the second-floor hallways of this rural courthouse.

The headquarters of a pioneering cast iron and cast aluminum cookware company is in ruins, but still standing.

This bridge uses an inverted bowstring truss and is believed to be the only of its kind in the United States.

A lost cemetery stands forgotten on a hilltop, known only to the older residents of Pomeroy.

Learn about the history and craftsmanship of carousels inside this museum located in a former post office.

Rows of 19th-century brick ovens used to process coal into coke form the center of a wooded park.

One of the few places where you can explore a 1918 paddlewheel steamboat from stem to stern.

A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.

One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.

An elegant sandstone stairway built by the WPA still connects two neighborhoods in Akron.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

The crash of this great airship signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

Hidden on two floors of downtown building, the library has an incredible deal on rent.

A circle of giant painted vases in the former pottery capital of the United States.