This museum holds not just a world class collection of firefighting artifacts and gear but even the region's first fire station itself.

Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.

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

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

Dad jokes and wordplay abound in this comic fake cemetery.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a 90 year old passion play.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

A peculiar forest that was handcrafted for government experiments.

An amazing stag sculpture constructed entirely of discarded materials.

Park filled with machinery that drove the southern agriculture and oil industries forward.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.

The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.

A tower that pays homage to local sailors who perished under the waves.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.