1. Quench Your Curiosity For Bacon Flavored Soda At This Local Landmark
The world’s largest soda pop bottle anchors what is quite possibly the world’s largest unusual collection of soda pop. Pops Gas Station, just outside of Edmond on Route 66, carries more than 400 pop flavors, including bacon, pumpkin, banana nut, and something called toxic slime. Yum? And they are all pre-chilled and ready to drink.
The bottle landmark is an amazing sight to see—it stands 66 feet tall and weighs more than four tons. And at night LED lights illuminate the bottle in an array of colors, like something from outer space.
2. Folks In Oklahoma Really Know How To Fire Up The Grill
When it comes to shooting guns and barbecuing, size matters. And the BBQ Revolver in Atoka really carries that message home. It’s a giant-sized barbecue pit in the shape of a revolver on Highway 69.
3. Bobs Big Boy Ain’t Got Nothing On El Reno's Behemoth Burger
El Reno is home of the fried onion festival, held downtown every year, where residents work together to build the biggest fried onion burger on the planet.
And if you can’t make it for the annual event, there are smaller versions of the fried onion burger available at Sid’s Diner every day. You can grab a side of “freedom fries” to celebrate the clotted arteries that come free with the meal.
4. The World’s Largest Peanut? Or The World’s Largest Con?
The “World’s Largest Peanut,” in Durant, Oklahoma, as ensured by the engraved sign that accompanies it, is, in fact, not the world’s largest. (Cue gasps!) That auspicious title goes to one in Georgia, which also bears the same claim.
But to be fair, the Durant one is still pretty darn big. It’s made of cast iron and sits on the southeast corner of Durant City Hall.
5. There’s A Womb With A View In Oklahoma
Oklahoma is normally associated with all things traditional, so it may surprise you to learn that there is in fact a psychedelic art museum right here in Oklahoma City.
The Womb is a collective gathering space, art gallery, creative agency and store all in one. It stands out with its brightly hued mural of geometric shapes and explosions of color. But the cherry on top? It’s owned by none other than Wayne Coyne of Flaming Lips.
There is even a “womb room,” replete with eponymous, anatomically correct material. It’s worth a visit to OK City just to see this sight.
6. Turns Out Sometimes There Is (Eternal) Rest For The Wicked
Youngers Bend holds the eternal remains of Belle Starr, once known as the Bandit Queen of the West. She never left home without her long velvet skirt and six-shooter, these being female necessities back in the 1800s, of course.
Belle shacked up with a few outlaw men in her time, and managed to create a stir around her own doings as well. She was mysteriously shot in the back while riding her horse one day just three years after her second husband was killed in a shootout.
Belle’s killer was never caught and her remains are interred in front of the cabin where she once lived.
7. Follow The Gaze Of A Demonic Bovine, For A Great Night Out In Oklahoma
There is a “possessed” bull in Muskogee. He is made of fiberglass and sits on top of Okie’s Saloon. His eyes glow red at night.
Inside Okies is neat too—there is a giant Hulk statue and other cool decorations to keep you entertained for hours.
8. The Crowd Is Far From Split On This Oklahoma Yard That Will Bowl You Over
One man’s bowling balls are another man’s yard art… At least that’s true in Nowata, Okla.
Artist Chris Barbee has decorated his lawn with a striking array old bowling balls. There is a giant American flag, an illuminated cross, a peace sign, a Mickey Mouse head, a caterpillar, and a croquet set, to name just a few.
Barbee has been working on these masterpieces since 2006 and he welcomes donations if you happen to be in the area.
9. They Only Appreciated This Oklahoman When He Was Dead
Poor Elmer McCurdy had more success in his death than he did in his life. He spent most of his breathing years up to no good, getting drunk and committing petty theft and violent crime. So after he was killed by some train robbers, it was no surprise that there wasn’t exactly a rush to claim his body.
Eventually, his body ended up on display in a mortuary where visitors could view him for a nickel apiece. Then two men claiming to be his brothers took the body on a freak show carnival for 50 years, where he grew more and more shrunken and people forgot all memory of him ever having been human.
He was eventually rediscovered in the 1970s and his body given proper burial in Guthrie’s Summit View Cemetery, where he hopefully will be able to rest out eternity.
10. This Old Cement Mixer Has Turned Out To Be Very Inspiring
A cement mixer has had an interesting evolution since being abandoned on Winganon Road. On at least a few occasions this humble mixer has inspired artists to give it new life. It has been painted as a memorial for 9/11, as a commemoration of a couple’s fifth wedding anniversary, and most recently, a NASA space shuttle.
11. This Towering Totem Is A Real Treat For Intrepid Explorers
Perhaps it’s because it’s hidden a few miles off Route 66, but the world’s largest totem pole is a hidden sight to be seen.
Ed Galloway began working on the pole in 1937, he spent two decades teaching woodworking to boys in an Oklahoma orphanage. The pole took 11 years to finish and stands 60 feet tall with a 30 foot circumference. It is constructed of concrete, scrap metal, and sandstone rock.
12. Sorry For Runes-ing What They Taught You In History Class, But There Were Vikings In Oklahoma
An old rock would have us believe so. The Heavener Runestone stands at a majestic 12 feet tall with an inscription that dates back to AD 600-900, making it one of the oldest old rocks in America.
The runestone tells the story of Glome, who used the rock to stake his land in this great state.
13. This Carry On Bag Meant One Man, Well, Didn’t
The suitcase that supposedly killed Western movie heartthrob Tom Mix is on display at none other than the Tom Mix Museum.
As the story goes, Tom crashed his single-seat Roadster and the suitcase, which was on the rear shelf of the car, flew into the back of his head and caused his death.
14. You Don’t Have To Be Don Quixote To Tilt At Windmills
Just pass by this Erick, Okla. windmill garden and it’s the next best thing. The windmills are scattered about a farmyard and behind them rests a graveyard of old, rusting cars.
Did we miss anything? Tell us your favorite secret spot in Oklahoma? Tell us in the comments below! 
