Oklahoma
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The Blue Whale
Catoosa, Oklahoma
Instagram darling of Route 66, the happy Blue Whale has been beached beside the Mother Road since 1972.
Giant Lady Leg Lamp
Chickasha, Oklahoma
40 feet high atop a 10-foot-high crate. Built of fiberglass, unveiled in Nov. 2022. Chickasha claims to be the Birthplace of the Lady Leg Lamp.
J.M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum
Claremore, Oklahoma
World's largest privately owned gun collection. See the guns of Bonnie and Clyde and Pretty Boy Floyd. Bonus: execution nooses!
Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park
Foyil, Oklahoma
A folk art environment including a giant totem pole, sculpted out of concrete by Ed Galloway (1880-1962).
Museum of Osteology
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Hundreds of animal (and human) skulls and skeletons, including over a half-dozen mutant calves. It's all bones!
Toy and Action Figure Museum
Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
Thousands of moveable-joint heroes and villains on display, many from the personal collection of the curator.
Friendship With Chief Bacon Rind
Skedee, Oklahoma
A monument to a unique bond of friendship between Ellsworth Walters and Osage Indian Chief Bacon Rind.
Full-Size Transformer: Bumblebee
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Bumblebee stands in front of a body shop's two locations. Built in Thailand, customized and upgraded in Oklahoma.
Golden Driller: Titanic Oil Man
Tulsa, Oklahoma
One of the tallest statues in America, the Golden Driller has survived tornadoes and turbulent oil markets.
Buck Atom: Space Cowboy Muffler Man
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Stands at a former gas station on Route 66. Artist Mark Cline transformed owner Mary Beth Babcock's idea into a 21-foot-tall rocket-clutching Muffler Man.
OK County 66
Arcadia, Oklahoma
Home-built mini-replicas of Route 66 attractions at John Hargrove's attraction along Route 66.
World's Largest Pop Bottle and Store
Arcadia, Oklahoma
A 66-foot-tall color-shifting LED sculpture-bottle and a store full of pop (soda).
Cow Chip Throwing Capital of the World
Beaver, Oklahoma
Cow chips (dried cow dung) are the Frisbees of the prairie. Flinging them has flung this small town to national fame.
Atomic Cannon
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
20 Atomic Cannons were made, but only one ever fired a live nuclear shell. This is the one.
Jeb, Old West Mini-Golf Muffler Man
Hochatown, Oklahoma
Custom fiberglass cowboy Muffler Man, manufactured at Bell Plastics in California, was erected at Old West-themed mini-golf in early 2017.
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- Afton: Crosstar Flag and Tag [tips]
- Arcadia: OK County 66
- Arcadia: World's Largest Pop Bottle and Store
- Barnsdall: World's Only Main Street Oil Well [tips]
- Beaver: Cow Chip Throwing Capital of the World
- Big Cabin: Standing Brave: Giant Indian Chief
- Boise City: Bomb in the Sidewalk
- Boise City: Life-Size Metal Dinosaur [tips]
- Cache: Holy City Of The Wichitas [tips]
- Calumet: Cherokee Trading Post Indian Statue [tips]
- Calumet: Indian Muffler Man [tips]
- Calumet: Muffler Men Cutouts [tips]
- Catoosa: The Blue Whale
- Catoosa: D.W. Correll Museums [tips]
- Chelsea: Walk Under Route 66
- Chickasha: Giant Lady Leg Lamp
- Claremore: Will Rogers Pocket Contents of Death [tips]
- Claremore: J.M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum
- Clinton: Oklahoma Route 66 Museum
- Commerce: Hole in the Wall Conoco Station [tips]
- Dewey: Tom Mix Museum: Suitcase of Death
- Enid: Sparky the Fire Dog Statue [tips]
- Enid: Simpson's Old Time Museum [tips]
- Erick: Sandhill Curiosity Shop [tips]
- Fort Sill: Atomic Cannon
- Fort Sill: U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum - Mule Gun [tips]
- Foyil: Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park
- Gene Autry: Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum [tips]
- Goodwell: Two-Headed Calf
- Granite: Fake Graves of Comecos Cemetery [tips]
- Grove: Muffler Man Cowboy [tips]
- Grove: Muffler Man - Hatless [tips]
- Guthrie: Guthrie Gunfighters - Free Gunfights [tips]
- Hochatown: Jeb, Old West Mini-Golf Muffler Man
- Hugo: Showman's Rest and Bull Rider's Reprieve
- Jet: Great Salt Plains [tips]
- McAlester: Prison Rodeo Bull Rider [tips]
- Miami: Marathon Oil Company Service Station [tips]
- Muskogee: World War II Sub - U.S.S. Batfish
- Muskogee: Statue of First Girl Scout Cookie Sale
- Muskogee: The Castle of Muskogee [tips]
- Okemah: Expired Parking Meter Tombstone [tips]
- Oklahoma City: 45th Infantry Division Museum - Hitler's Mirror [tips]
- Oklahoma City: Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial
- Oklahoma City: Miss America University
- Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Land Run Monument [tips]
- Oklahoma City: Museum of Osteology
- Oklahoma City: American Pigeon Museum [tips]
- Oklahoma City: OKC Rattlesnake and Venom Museum
- Oklahoma City: John Wayne's Eye Patch
- Oktaha: Junkyard Muffler Man [tips]
- Pauls Valley: Toy and Action Figure Museum
- Ponca City: Marland Mansion - Oil Museum, Sculptor Museum [tips]
- Quapaw: Tri-State Spook Light aka Hornet Spook Light
- Quapaw: Stand on Three States: Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
- Roosevelt: Howdy Tire Man [tips]
- Sapulpa: World's Tallest Gas Pump
- Skedee: Friendship With Chief Bacon Rind
- Stillwater: Full-Size Transformer: Optimus Prime
- Stillwater: Full-Size Transformer: Bumblebee
- Talala: Winganon Cement Mixer Space Capsule [tips]
- Tulsa: Golden Driller: Titanic Oil Man
- Tulsa: Oral Roberts Prayer Tower
- Tulsa: World's Largest Praying Hands
- Tulsa: Sonic Center of the Universe
- Tulsa: Columbo On Front Lawn [tips]
- Tulsa: East Meets West: Father of Route 66
- Tulsa: Buck Atom: Space Cowboy Muffler Man
- Vinita: 20-Foot-Tall Indian
- Vinita: Big Bill: Muffler Man With Suitcase [tips]
- Wakita: Twister (The Movie) Museum
- Weatherford: Stafford Air and Space Museum
- Woodward: Kid Rides Creationist Dinosaur [tips]
- Wynnewood: Rodeo Sam: Muffler Man Cowboy [tips]
