Tulsa, Oklahoma
Abundant Life Building
This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.
Ponca City, Oklahoma
This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.
Catoosa, Oklahoma
Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.
New Bern, North Carolina
This multi-story wooden waterpark offers homemade thrills.
Manteo, North Carolina
The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.
Robbinsville, North Carolina
A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.
Hatteras, North Carolina
This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.
Durham, North Carolina
The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.
Raleigh, North Carolina
A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.
Manteo, North Carolina
So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.
New Bern, North Carolina
The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.
Troutman, North Carolina
A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.
Durham, North Carolina
This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.
Poplar Branch, North Carolina
The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.
Belhaven, North Carolina
A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.
Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.