Oklahoma Archives - Sightseers' Delight

A look at the Tulsa locations featured in Tulsa King

September 22, 2024 Todd DeFeo

Now that Season Two of Tulsa King is streaming on Paramount Plus, it seemed the perfect time to explore some of the locations featured in the hit series.

Abandoned Abundant Life Building makes for a unique photo opp

August 26, 2024 Todd DeFeo

The windowless Abundant Life Building in the heart of Tulsa dates to 1958 and has been vacant for the better part of 40 years.

Oklahoma tourism numbers show industry a boon for the state

January 22, 2024 The Center Square

Oklahoma is seeing a boon in tourism like never before, according to Gov. Kevin Stitt.

New Bob Dylan Center exhibition to feature never-before-seen photographs, rare film footage

December 31, 2023 Official News Releases

The Bob Dylan Center will premiere a new exhibition, How Many Roads: Bob Dylan and his Changing Times, highlighting the artist’s growing political awareness, including the civil rights and anti-war movements of the early 1960s, on Feb. 23, 2024.

Why the Bob Dylan Center is worth exploring

January 7, 2023 Todd DeFeo

The Bob Dylan Center opened on May 10, 2022, in the Tulsa Arts District and is appropriately located on the same street as the Woody Guthrie Center.

Tulsa to Plano, two layovers

August 27, 2022 Todd DeFeo

In driving recently from Tulsa to Plano, Texas, I looked at a map to see how far out of the way Okemah, Oklahoma, the hometown of folk singer Woody Guthrie, was. It turned out that it wasn’t too far out of the way, making it the perfect sidetrack.

Channeling Woody in Okemah

August 4, 2022 Todd DeFeo

Woody Guthrie had a unique way of looking at the world. He lived in a different time that some days seems so far away and so close other days.

Tulsa is a perfectly photographable destination

August 3, 2022 Todd DeFeo

Perhaps the true mark of a destination should be how photographable it is.

Bob Dylan Center acquires newly discovered early Dylan recordings

November 16, 2021 Sightseers’ Delight

The Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has acquired a trove of early Bob Dylan recordings and one-of-a-kind tapes, journals, books and historical elements.

Woody Guthrie Center slated to open by end of year

January 3, 2012 The Travel Trolley

Legendary writer and singer Woody Guthrie’s archives are returning home. A few months after the 100th anniversary of the troubadour’s birth, The Woody Guthrie Center is set to open in Tulsa, Okla., the folk singer’s home state.