Places hopemch Wants to Go

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

Journey through a bit of nostalgia inside this classic record and video store.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

This solo operation offers the world's only whey wines in flavors such as chocolate-orange.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

This Portland Art gallery doubles as a studio that supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

Make it an offering.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

All aboard the world's longest miniature railway.

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.