Places ignimbrite Wants to Go

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

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

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

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

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

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

This "little gallery in the middle of nowhere" is housed in a 170-year-old horse barn in the Missouri Ozarks.

A museum dedicated to man's boldest venture.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.

A former 19th-century tavern, famous for its peach brandy and honey concoction.