Places patricklongmire Wants to Go

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

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

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

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

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

The largest land animal skull ever discovered.

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

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.

Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.

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

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Only place outside China and India where two overhead DC power lines cross.

This sky-high radio mast is formerly the tallest man-made structure in the world.