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This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

The Quapaw tribe supplies the meat and produce in this Oklahoma casino restaurant.

The storied steakhouse is the last in a long line of Lebanese-owned supper clubs in Tulsa.

A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.

A museum and apothecary garden devoted to the history of frontier medicine.

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

Over 50 historic windmills whir away at this outdoor museum.

A natural rock formation believed to be a cure-all.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a century-old passion play.

To honor his gardening wife, this yard artist turns bowling balls into playful, colorful sculptures.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.

The largest land animal skull ever discovered.

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.

A peculiar forest that was handcrafted for government experiments.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.