Taos, New Mexico
Taos Pueblo
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
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Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
Palmer, Texas
This unusual roadside attraction filled with handcrafted signage is home to a unique church.
Italy, Texas
A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.
Flora, Mississippi
A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.
Jackson, Mississippi
Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.
Gibsland, Louisiana
The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.
Galveston, Texas
This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.
Galveston, Texas
This little dolphin is the first monument dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community in the southern United States.
Karnack, Texas
Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."
Spiro, Oklahoma
Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.
Catoosa, Oklahoma
Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.
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.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
One of the largest Masonic temples in the world, created at the height of the oil boom in ostentatious style.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.
Greensburg, Kansas
The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.
Kenton, Oklahoma
The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.