Places nataliebopp Wants to Go

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

Whimsical bronze sculptures of smiling coins and houses await visitors to this park.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.

See the sky in a new way through this art installation.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.