USATravelPal.com, a comprehensive travel website in progress, provides comprehensive travel information on over 1500 exciting destinations throughout the United States, including twelve in Oklahoma. Exciting places to visit in this state include Bartlesville, Oklahoma City, Tahlequah, and Tulsa.
Oklahoma City, the capitol and largest city in Oklahoma, is a popular tourist destination, known for its art, culture, and history. Fun places to visit here include the Oklahoma Museum of Art, the Civic Center Music Hall, the Stage Center for the Performing Arts, the Ford Center, the Omniplex Science Museum, the National Cowboy Museum, and the National Museum of History. Visitors should also see the Oklahoma City National Memorial, dedicated to the 168 victims of the tragic 1995 bombing of the Federal Buiding, where the monument is located.
Tulsa, the second largest city in the state, is another major arts center. Tulsa has the largest collection of Art Deco architecture in the country, as exemplified by many of its beautiful downtown buildings. Tulsa also boasts two excellent art museums, the Philbrook Museum and the Thomas Gilcrease Museum. Other fun places to see include the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art, the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, the Tulsa Air and Space Museum, the Greenwood Cultural Center, and the Tulsa Geosciences Center.
The town of Bartlesville, located 47 miles north of Tulsa, is another popular tourist destination. Things to see here include the Bartlesville Community Center, the Bartlesville Public Library, the Woolaroc Ranch, Museum, and Wildlife Preserve, George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center, and the Wall of Honor Veterans Memorial. In addition, Bartlesville offers several exciting festivals throughout the year.
Lastly, Oklahoma tourists should visit the town of Tahlequah, capitol of the Cherokee Nation. Here you'll find the Cherokee Heritage Center, which offers a great deal of historical information about the Cherokee Indians of the region. Other things to see here include the Elephant Rock Nature Park, the River City Players, the Falcon Floats, the Cherokee State Park, and the First Lutheran Church.
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