Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City's newly-renovated Bricktown Entertainment District, offering restaurants, shopping, night life, a canal with water taxis, and the Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ballpark, home of the Oklahoma City Redhawks, a triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers baseball team. New businesses and attractions are in the works.

Native America: Once known as Indian Territory, Oklahoma is still home to more American Indians than any other state; 39 tribal headquarters and members of at least 67 tribes make their home within its borders. Oklahoma is a place where time-honored traditions, cultural experiences and artistic expressions are components of everyday life. Among the treasures. visitors will find Native American art galleries, historic sites, powwows, dances and festivals, including the largest Native American festival in the world-Red Earth held every June in Oklahoma City.

Offbeat & Unusual: The state's unique political and cultural history has made for a rich, colorful and outright exuberant heritage that Oklahomans delight in sharing. The state has more than 300 museums and historic sites, ranging from the unique outdoor windmill museum in Shattuck to Comanche warrior Geronimo's grave site at Fort Sill, to art- filled treasures like the Gilcrease and Philbrook museums in Tulsa, and the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.

 

Red Earth Festival, Oklahoma City
Photograph : Fred Marvel