Places hopemch Wants to Go

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

An amazing stag sculpture constructed entirely of discarded materials.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.

A collection of vintage liaison aircraft kept in flying condition and on display at an airfield in San Antonio.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.