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

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

Over 600 vacuum cleaners stack the shelves of what may be the cleanest museum in America.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

The only pig museum in the U.S. holds one of the world's largest collections of pig items.

A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.

A eclectic collection of military memorabilia.

Built from oil field parts and resembling a teepee, this abandoned mid-century church is hoping for a comeback.

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

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

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

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

The modest, restored home of the legendary ragtime musician John William "Blind" Boone.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.

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

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

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

A museum where visitors can learn about greyhounds and (more importantly) pet them.