Art Deco fans will find no shortage of architectural diversions in Tulsa. The one-time “Oil Capital of the World” is home to a small Art Deco museum, a walkable Deco District, and one of the grandest Art Deco churches in all the land. Boston Avenue United Methodist Church was built between 1924 and 1929, right before the Great Depression. Done up in hues of pink and purple and punctuated with magnificent panels of stained glass, the interior is every bit as ornate as the exterior is intimidating. The building is considered one of architect Bruce Goff’s finest accomplishments, and he was practically a kid when he drafted it. The semi-circular, domed auditorium and 15-story “skyscraper” tower, the latter decorated with 100 sets of praying hands, were a sensation when first unveiled. The flourishes didn’t stop in the twenties, however; in 1993, two 35-foot-tall ecclesiastic mosaics were mounted in the grand hall. They weighed 3,000 pounds a piece, contained half a million tiles, and matched the chapel’s signature dusty pink color palette. Sunday worship is at 8:30 and 11 a.m., or you can stop in whenever and just ogle the goods. If the main church doors are locked when you arrive, try the glass doors off to the left-hand side.

1301 S. Boston Ave., Tulsa, OK; 918-583-5181.