Places Robert Hemedes Wants to Go

Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

Touch an actual dinosaur bone at this eclectic trove of Rocky Mountain treasures.

The old fire tower is one of the last of its kind in the United States.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

A collection of huge, site-specific sculptures sitting in the Montana woods.

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.

After Havre burned down, the best place to build was under the ashes.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

"Polynesia on the Plains."

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

A small, fascinating fire museum hidden in plain sight in an administrative building.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

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

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.