• Learn about Native American culture at sites such as the Cherokee Heritage Center (outside Tahlequah), the Cheyenne Cultural Center (in Clinton) and the Five Civilized Tribes Museum (in Muskogee; website: www.fivetribes.org).

• Drive on the longest drivable stretch of Route 66, and discover old bridges, diners and memorials to America's historic Route 66 (website: www.oklahomaroute66.com).

• See a life-size statue of a cattle drive outside the Chisholm Trail Heritage Center (website: www.onthechisholmtrail.com), in Duncan. Cattle are still transported along the Chisholm Trail route, nowadays in trucks, heading for the country's largest cattle auction in Oklahoma City.

• Delve into history at Oklahoma City's National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (website: www.nationalcowboymuseum.org), showcasing Western and Native American art and artifacts, the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum (website: www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org) and the Myriad Botanical Gardens & Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory (website: www.myriadgardens.com).

• Attend the annual Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival, an enormous celebration of art, music and dance held each spring. The Oklahoma Prison Rodeo and the Rattlesnake Roundups offer a unique experience for visitors.

• Witness how fortunes from the oilfields left a legacy in northeastern Oklahoma of mansions, museums, art galleries and art deco architecture. The Gilcrease Museum (website: www.gilcrease.org) in Tulsa contains the world's most comprehensive art collection of the American West. 

• Don't miss the opportunity to see the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!, still running at Discoveryland, in Sand Springs, near Tulsa (website: http://discoverylandusa.com).

• Robbers Cave State Park is a favourite spot for spelunking, trailriding, hiking and rock climbing. Explore this former hideout for outlaws in the San Bois Mountains of southeast Oklahoma.

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