Tulsa is an Oklahoma city with a fascinating past and an exciting present. In the early 1900s, an oil boom made it the Oil Capital of the World, and oil barons like Waite Phillips and Thomas Gilcrease used their fortunes to create world-class institutions like the Philbrook Museum of Art and the Gilcrease Museum. That wealth also left Tulsa with some of the finest Art Deco architecture in the country, which you can see throughout downtown.

Tulsa's history also includes one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history, the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, which destroyed the thriving Black community of Greenwood, known as Black Wall Street. Today, the Greenwood Rising history center tells this story powerfully, and memorials throughout the district honor those who were lost.

Today, Tulsa is enjoying a renaissance. Explore Gathering Place, an award-winning riverfront park with playgrounds, gardens and trails, and the Bob Dylan Center and Woody Guthrie Center for music fans. Eat your way through Mother Road Market, a food hall on historic Route 66, and enjoy the Blue Dome and Brady Arts districts. I'll plan a weekend of history, music and food in Tulsa.