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

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

Destroyed by flood waters, prison now serves as a training ground for armed forces.

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.

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

The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.

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

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

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

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

This beacon for pre-radar pilots once guided Charles Lindbergh to a safe touchdown in Tulsa.

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

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

A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.

This small town bank is very aware of its name thank you very much.

To honor his gardening wife, this yard artist turns bowling balls into playful, colorful sculptures.

A wild trout fishery in Arkansas.

Life-size figures portray depot attendants, train crew, and passengers frozen in time at the oldest railroad station in Arkansas.

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.

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