Places hopemch Wants to Go

The smallest country in the world.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

When an ancient supervolcano erupted, some of Nebraska's prehistoric animals were forever preserved in ash.

Four ionic columns from the Treasury Department building ended up in a park in Nebraska.

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.

A fascinating collection of art made from petrified wood and fossils by two octogenarian twin brothers.