The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

In Tulsa's Oil Capital historic district, even the bus station is "fauxback" Art Deco.

This massive Art Deco-inspired mural was the world's largest augmented reality artwork at the time of its completion.

A Route 66 filling station that was designed to resemble the Hagia Sophia, and is now the symbol of an arts district.

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.

Located along historic Route 66, this former gas station has been restored and converted into a museum filled with vintage motorcycles.

On a college campus in the Oklahoma panhandle a museum honors the last piece of the contiguous United States to be classified as No Man's Land.

This small-town museum is dedicated to the original western movie mega-star.

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

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

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

This sandstone marvel of nature is worth a stop along Highway 65.

One of the oldest show caves in Arkansas.

This mill has survived a tumultuous past to still produce flour and cornmeal.

The warmest cave in the Ozarks features two seemingly bottomless lakes.

People of the Plum Bayou culture built these enormous mounds over 1,000 years ago.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.

This mountaintop refuge rehabilitates tigers, lions, bears, and more from illicit wildlife trade—and offers overnight lodging.

This 1930s-era Route 66 Tulsa landmark was moved, restored, and filled with neon.

Songwriter Leon Russell transformed this church into a recording studio used by many legendary musicians.

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