Places ChrissyP Wants to Go

A steeple in the shape of a golden hand pointing straight up commemorates Zebulun Butler, the first full-time pastor of this Mississippi church.

A free museum that memorializes the deadliest river flood in American history, and the civil engineering efforts to tame the Mississippi River.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

One of the best-preserved Native American mounds remaining in the southern United States.

The final resting place of an esteemed bear hunter and formerly enslaved man who led Theodore Roosevelt on a hunting trip that inspired the creation of the teddy bear.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

A 1980s tour bus that traveled millions of miles to facilitate a superlatively rigorous performing career.

Contrary to popular belief, this memorial does not actually claim to mark the bluesman's grave.

Though Johnson is not actually buried here, an Atlanta-based band sponsored a headstone for him.

After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

This university research project is the U.S. government's weed dealer.

Pink, packed sanctuary and home of the world's fullest-time Elvis fanatic.

A downtown filled with nearly deserted historic buildings was revived as a pastel paradise.

An enormous, interactive museum with star-studded exhibits is surprisingly found deep in the Mississippi Delta.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.