Places hopemch Wants to Go

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

These boots are made for selfies.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

The only international border marker within the United States.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.