Places aimeebint Wants to Go

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

Trek up to an abandoned fire lookout from the 1930s for an unimpeded view.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Where three rails and three centuries of transportation meet.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

Iceland: home to volcanoes, waterfalls and, apparently, Santa?