One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.

Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

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

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

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

Once the smallest park in the national system.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

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

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

The largest land animal skull ever discovered.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

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

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.