Places Christine Wants to Go

Northern Virginia’s iconic Vietnamese shopping center.

Since 1929, this institution has been serving one of the most celebrated po’ boys in New Orleans.

Both the cocktails and the dive bar vibes are immaculate at this Mid-City watering hole.

The neighborhood surrounding the memorial was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in Louisiana.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'

Before TV meteorologists, there were weather kiosks. This may be the last one in the United States.

The world's largest version of this iconic puzzle cube is located in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

The former home of the 11th president of the United States.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.