Places rubysage Wants to Go

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

After being abandoned for decades, Oklahoma’s first air-conditioned theatre was reborn in the new century.

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

In Oklahoma City's Bricktown, there's a street that don't use jelly.

This small museum inside a larger sports complex honors the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the U.S., and his life of achievement and struggle.

Three bronze beauty queens welcome you to “Miss America University.”

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

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.

The largest single-building tribal cultural center in the U.S. is an expansive museum in Oklahoma City.

In the heart of Little Sweden USA, a small gallery and museum pays tribute to a Swedish-born artist who fell in love with the American landscape.

This 19th-century windmill was moved, stone by stone, in the middle of Kansas.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

The oldest house in Lindsborg, Kansas, includes some fascinating inscriptions.

Over 30 brightly painted Dala horses roam through ‘Little Sweden.’

A monument celebrating the Black soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

A rock that was too big to move, so the town just paved around it.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

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

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.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

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

A tiny racehorse graveyard in the middle of a quiet Kansas City suburb.