Places Christine Wants to Go

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

This plaque marks the spot where the first crossing guards helped get kids safely to school.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

In Edwin Hubble's hometown, a scale model of the groundbreaking telescope that was named in his honor.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

Named for the 39 tribes that live in Oklahoma, this restaurant's menu deliciously highlights local flavors.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

See the motorcycles that launched the stuntman to fame and the gear that saved his life.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

The quirky collection includes treasures like Elvis' underwear, Bob Barker's toothbrush, and hundreds of sock monkeys.

The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.

The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?

Come for the fried chicken, stay for the history at Oklahoma's oldest bar.