St. Joseph, Missouri
Jesse James Home Museum
The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.
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St. Joseph, Missouri
The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.
Winslow, Arizona
This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.
Claiborne County, Mississippi
An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.
Dubuque, Iowa
For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.
West Bend, Iowa
A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.
Dyess, Arkansas
The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.
Marianna, Arkansas
One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.
Carthage, Missouri
An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.
Fayetteville, Arkansas
An outsider art studio that created a piece of work so popular they had to turn mainstream.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."
Bentonville, Arkansas
A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.
Ponca City, Oklahoma
A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
One of the largest Masonic temples in the world, created at the height of the oil boom in ostentatious style.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.
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
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.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Marble Falls Township, Arkansas
A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.
Eldon, Iowa
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.
Springfield, Illinois
When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.