The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

Step back in time at this 1950s display home, built to showcase once cutting-edge electric amenities.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

This picturesque cottage was the site of Ulysses S. Grant’s final and perhaps most important campaign.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

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

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

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

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

Named for the 39 tribes that live in Oklahoma, this restaurant's menu deliciously highlights local flavors.

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

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

Solving a 60-year mystery finally gave a name to the young woman known only by the color of her clothes.