Edmond, Oklahoma
Hopewell Baptist Church
Built from oil field parts and resembling a teepee, this abandoned mid-century church is hoping for a comeback.
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Edmond, Oklahoma
Built from oil field parts and resembling a teepee, this abandoned mid-century church is hoping for a comeback.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
Home to the story of the outlaw turned funhouse mummy, Elmer McCurdy.
Ponca City, Oklahoma
A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.
Sulphur, Oklahoma
Once the smallest park in the national system.
Jet, Oklahoma
This unique landscape is the only place in the world to dig for hourglass-selenite crystals.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.
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.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Songwriter Leon Russell transformed this church into a recording studio used by many legendary musicians.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The storied steakhouse is the last in a long line of Lebanese-owned supper clubs in Tulsa.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.
Lawton, Oklahoma
Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.
Kenton, Oklahoma
The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.
Nowata, Oklahoma
To honor his gardening wife, this yard artist turns bowling balls into playful, colorful sculptures.
Shattuck, Oklahoma
Over 50 historic windmills whir away at this outdoor museum.
Ponca City, Oklahoma
This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.
Cache, Oklahoma
This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a century-old passion play.
Talala, Oklahoma
A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.
Hugo, Oklahoma
Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”