Bartlesville, OK Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

For forty miles north of Tulsa, the monotony of the plains is relieved only by clumps of spindly scrub oaks. Then comes quiet BARTLESVILLE , dominated by the extraordinary Price Tower (Tues–Sat 10am–5pm), designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1956 – an ugly, cantilevered green oddity at Sixth Street and Dewey Avenue, resembling a tall tree. The Frank Phillips Home , 1107 SE Cherokee Ave, built in 1908 by the founder of Phillips Oil, displays oil wealth at its gaudiest, with gold faucets, mirrored ceilings and marble floors (Wed–Sat 10am–5pm, Sun 1–5pm; donation). More impressive is … more »