Places rereads247 Wants to Go

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

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

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

This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.

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

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

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

The largest land animal skull ever discovered.

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

Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”

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

A peculiar forest that was handcrafted for government experiments.

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.

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

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

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

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

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

Biblical beasts and endangered animal preservation come together in this Israeli zoo.