10 road stops between Fort Worth and Omaha if you’re driving to College World Series

Megan Cardona
·4 min read

The TCU Horned Frogs will play Oral Roberts in Omaha Friday for the first day of the College World Series.

Omaha is about a 10 hour drive from Fort Worth, but Horned Frog fans planning a summer road trip for Friday will have plenty to check out along the way.

Here are ten sights to see between Fort Worth and Omaha that will make getting there half the fun.

WinStar World Casino and Resort

  • Location: 777 Casino Ave, Thackerville, OK

  • Hours: Open 24 hours

Casinos may not be legal in Texas, but cross the Red River and you can visit WinStar World Casino and Resort in Oklahoma. WinStar is the largest casino in the United States and boasts table games and gambling machines, shopping, dining, live entertainment and more.

Turner Falls Park

  • Location: I-35 and US-77, Davis, Oklahoma

  • Hours: 7 a.m. to sunset

This park, owned by the city of Davis, Oklahoma, is home to Oklahoma’s largest waterfall and features castles, caves, hiking trails and camping.

Pets are not allowed in this park.

Spider VW Bug

  • Location: US-77 and Moffatt Road, Lexington, Oklahoma

Arachnophobics need not worry about this large spider creeping and crawling around — this spider has the body of a Volkswagen Beetle and the six legs holding it up won’t move. Travelers can get as close as they want for a road trip photo op.

The American Pigeon Museum & Library

  • Location: 2300 NE 63rd St., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  • Hours: Friday 1-5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

This museum is dedicated to the history of pigeons with exhibits about war and racing history, and live birds.

Guthrie Summit View Cemetery

  • Location: 1808 N Pine St., Guthrie, Oklahoma

If you’re interested in odd history, you may have heard the story of Elmer McCurdy who is said to have had more photos taken of him dead than alive.

That’s because after McCurdy was shot by a sheriff’s posse in 1911 for robbing a train, his body went unclaimed for five years and was on display for anyone with five cents who wanted to see his corpse.

In 1916, two people who claimed to be McCurdy’s relatives took the body and passed him along to freak shows, carnivals and haunted houses until it was forgotten that he wasn’t a fake mummy. McCurdy’s body was discovered in 1976 when a film crew member for “The Six Million Dollar Man” accidentally broke an arm off the body.

McCurdy was finally laid to rest in 1977 and his tomb can be visited in Guthrie Summit View Cemetery.

Cherokee Strip Museum

  • Location: 2617 Fir St., Perry, Oklahoma

  • Hours: Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

This museum is dedicated to the Cherokee Outlet located in Oklahoma. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for ages 62 and older, $3 for ages 6 through 18 and free for children ages 5 and under as well as active military members.

Large dog statues

  • Location: 7850 Acre Rd., Billings, Oklahoma

If you’re traveling along I-35 and need a pit stop, check out two giant dog statues at the Cimarron Travel Plaza. Take photos of yourself — or your pooches — with a large Labrador Retriever and a Bulldog statue.

This travel plaza also has a Dairy Queen and a dog park for pets to relieve themselves or get some exercise.

Chisholm Trail Museum

  • Location: 502 N Washington Ave., Wellington, Kansas

  • Hours: Daily 1-5 p.m.

Learn about the history of the Chisholm Trail with items from the early days of the Chisholm Trail and artifacts from Kansas pioneer families. The museum also has a military and old time soda shop exhibit. Admission is free, although visitors can make a donation if they wish.

Vickers Petroleum Service Station

  • Location: 140 N Main St., Haysville, Kansas

This was the first gas station built with a futuristic “batwing” design, The Wichita Eagle previously reported. Built in 1954, the station was designed by John M. Hickman who was an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright.

The station survived a tornado in 1999 and was added to both the Register of Kansas Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

  • Location: 1515 SE Monroe St., Topeka, Kansas

  • Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Visit one of the schools at the heart of the historic landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. This site is free to visit.