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Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

Watch cheese-flipping robots in action at this factory and museum.

A collection of beautiful crystals shaped like freshly plucked roses.

The only remaining sod house Oklahoma built by a homesteader in 1894.

Once the smallest park in the national system.

Come for the fried chicken, stay for the history at Oklahoma's oldest bar.

Claims to be the "World's Highest Hill."

On a college campus in the Oklahoma panhandle a museum honors the last piece of the contiguous United States to be classified as No Man's Land.

Home to the story of the outlaw turned funhouse mummy, Elmer McCurdy.

This museum holds not just a world class collection of firefighting artifacts and gear but even the region's first fire station itself.

A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.

Built from oil field parts and resembling a teepee, this abandoned mid-century church is hoping for a comeback.

It reportedly took three years to sort through all the objects in this eclectic lifelong collection.

This highway overpass was named after the tragic disappearance of a young mother who got mixed up with the wrong people.

Named for the 39 tribes that live in Oklahoma, this restaurant's menu deliciously highlights local flavors.

An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.