Places hopemch Wants to Go

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

Its incredible collection preserves 170 years of sewing machine history.

A tiny but mighty little pumper sits in the middle of the street, waiting for the next big oil strike.

A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.

A peculiar forest that was handcrafted for government experiments.

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.

Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.

Collection maintained by the legendary designer.

No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.

A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

To honor his gardening wife, this yard artist turns bowling balls into playful, colorful sculptures.

Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”

The largest land animal skull ever discovered.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.

Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.