Small Town Beauty in Oklahoma

Once a prairie town, Bartlesville is home to a skyscraper built of concrete and copper.

The Price Tower is a National Historic Landmark.

The Frank Phillip’s Home is a neoclassical home belonging once to one of the most prominent families in the state.

The town of Claremore pays tribute to Oklahoma legends.

Enjoy the Will Rogers Memorial Museum celebrating Rogers’ life through 12 exhibits. See the sunken gardens and pay respects to the Rogers family, entombed on the property.

Visit the J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Museum with a weaponry collection, saddles, spurs, and WWI posters.

Walk back into history at the Belvidere Mansion, showing family life in the early 1900s.

El Reno is a historic town that lies at the crossroads of popular Route 66 and the Chisholm Trail. Today this is US Highway 81.

The town of El Reno was home to the first Red Cross canteen built in the US in 1918. Here, over 50,000 people were given aid during WWI, offering them much-needed care, hospitality, and comfort. Inside the canteen, visitors will find nurses' and doctors' uniforms as well as soldiers' uniforms preserved from the WWI era.

Visitors enjoy the Heritage Express Trolley, a vintage streetcar taking passengers on a narrated tour.

Guthrie is a part of the Oklahoma City Metroplex.

History lovers enjoy the Oklahoma Territorial Museum with paintings, photographs, and small-scale reconstructions telling about the state’s history.

There is a lot of creativity in Guthrie, and you can see a show at the Pollard Theater, a non-profit organization.

Medicine Park is known as “America’s cobblestone community.”

It is a fun town where visitors can splash in Bath Lake.

Enjoy the Cobblestone Creamery with delicious natural ice cream.

Medicine Creek Olive Oil Company, a family-owned company with olive oil and other fresh goods and spices.

Miami, the one that is not in Florida but in Oklahoma. Walking down Route 66 Main Street, see murals ranging from pop art to landscapes and surreal wildlife. (pictured above)

Enjoy the Coleman Theater, housed in a Spanish colonial revival-style building with gargoyles and cherubs. The theater features movies and concerts.

The Dobson Museum holds over 5,000 historical Native American artifacts that offer a look into local early settlement life.

Pawhuska was shaped by Western heritage.

You can enjoy everything western at the Ben Johnson Cowboy Museum.

Enjoy the Pioneer Woman Mercantile housed in a 100-year-old building. Enjoy the restaurant and bakery treats.

The town of Ponca City has amazing mansions and grand statues.

See the Pioneer Woman Museum, which showcases the significant influence of women in the development of Oklahoma. These women were pioneers of the past and present-day pioneers. In front of the museum is a bronze statue of a pioneer woman and her child.

The EW Marland Mansion is the estate of one of the most controversial oil barons, who was also a US congressman and governor of Oklahoma.

Visitors enjoy the Cann Memorial Botanical Gardens with lovely flowers and lily ponds.

The town of Sulphur is home to the Chickasaw Cultural Center, home to the heritage and unique culture of the Chickasaw people. Their story comes alive here, in exhibits and lively performances such as the “stomp dance” that demonstrates the Chickasaw’s musical and spiritual connection to nature.

Enjoy nature at the Travertine Nature Center with exhibits about the wildlife and ecology of the state with live reptiles, plants, and information about the ecosystems of the prairie.

Arbuckle Trail Rides takes adventurers on a two-hour ride on horseback through the Arbuckle Mountains.

The Cherokee Nation history is a prominent part of the town of Tahlequah.

You can learn about the history at the Cherokee National History Museum housed in the Cherokee National Capitol building. Tribal history and heritage are explored through art and other artifacts that show cultural evolution through many generations.

The Spider Gallery displays the artworks of award-winning Cherokee artists.

Visitors enjoy Riverbend Floats, which provides kayaks and floats to float on the Illinois River.