Oklahoma State Capitol
It’s time for another visit to a state capitol building, our 12th, for the State of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma State Capitol was built from 1914 to 1917, except for the dome. The …
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Food and Fun in Oklahoma City
Centennial Land Run Monument The Centennial Land Run Monument in Oklahoma City is totally epic! It commemorates the Land Run of 1889 “when 50,000 people rushed into the Unassigned Lands of Oklahoma Territory to stake …
Quick Stops Around Oklahoma City
Jim Thorpe Museum Inside the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame was the Jim Thorpe Museum. There wasn’t much by way of artifacts, mostly pictures and signboards telling the story of his life. Jim was born …
Dale Chihuly at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art
We went to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art because we generally go to art museums, but I also knew there was a long-term Chihuly exhibit, and of course I didn’t want to miss that. …
Myriad Botanical Gardens and Crystal Bridge Conservatory
At 15 acres, the Myriad Botanical Gardens in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, (new state!) are relatively small, which was good, because I was there during a heatwave. I was there early in the morning, but it …
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
Maybe I did too much in one day in a heatwave, but I was not especially impressed by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. It was very well-rated and came recommended, …
Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum
It’s been almost 30 years since Timothy McVeigh detonated a bomb outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 people and injuring 680. More than 1/3 of the building was …
American Banjo Museum
I visited the American Banjo Museum on my own while Doug was working. I don’t know anything about banjos (still don’t), but it was just a few blocks’ walk from something else I was doing, …