Places KR Peart Wants to Go

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Resting place of Sarah Rector.

A small section of native wilderness on a university campus

The largest cattle market on earth holds live auctions open to the public every week.

The largest protected conservation area in the Ozarks—a region that stretches into northern Arkansas and southern Missouri.

A historical house furnished with authentic pieces from the Victorian period.

This 1930s-era Route 66 Tulsa landmark was moved, restored, and filled with neon.

In Tulsa's Oil Capital historic district, even the bus station is "fauxback" Art Deco.

Tulsa's historic skyscrapers define the oil boom era of Art Deco construction, and are known for their ornate arched lobbies.

Though it's no longer a functioning train depot, this castle-like structure is an important piece of Oklahoma history.

A Route 66 filling station that was designed to resemble the Hagia Sophia, and is now the symbol of an arts district.

A quirky mishmash of Route 66 memorabilia and other throwbacks from the past.

A crew of die-hard train buffs spent decades turning a defunct stretch of railway in Oklahoma City into a museum now home to over 50 antique and restored trains.

Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?

This enthusiast-led facility is the only museum in the country dedicated to the preservation of weather artifacts.

A likeness of Da Vinci's mysterious painting smiles at passersby from the side of a barn.

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

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.

This small-town museum is dedicated to the original western movie mega-star.

An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."

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

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