Best in Travel 2019 already lined 2 places we predict the planet ought to be watching - port of entry and therefore the coast - however here we tend to needed to dig deeper and shine a light-weight on ten places within America that travelers ought to boost their want lists for the approaching year. Our 2019 picks are everywhere the map: once-in-a-lifetime aurora, new top-tier museums, cervix trails, Polynesian paradise and barrels of bourbon. Enjoy, and send America a postcard! 

Louisville, Kentuc

Could or not it's that the new Portland is in... Kentucky? urban center has declared itself as a full of life, kinky cultural mecca on the Ohio. New urban center, conjointly referred to as the East Market District or NuLu, options regenerate warehouses used as native breweries, antique outlets and therefore the city's coolest restaurants. On Bardstown Rd within the Highlands you'll notice a hippy strip of outlets and bars, to not mention several 'Keep urban center Weird' stickers. Bourbon reigns in urban center. this is often the standard jump-off for the Bourbon Trail; with bourbon's current wave of recognition, new upstart micro distilleries, together with some in and around urban center just like the small-batch Angel's Envy, area unit giving the recent names in bourbon a run their cash. compete the primary Saturday in might to witness the 'greatest 2 minutes in sports,' the Kentucky Derby.

Fairbanks, Alaska

Have you seen northern lights (aka the northern lights)? the feeling of seeing Arctic skies crackle with smoky blues, greens and reds has long drawn off-season travellers approach north. 2013 are huge, marking the tip of a fiery 11-year-cycle, once sunspots area unit notably feisty, creating for a giant show within the Fairbanks sky 240 nights a year. Go. From might to mid-August daylight is simply too robust to ascertain abundant, however by late summer they begin to seem, and Fairbanks is that the place to be. On the bottom, curious foodies will sample ancient Athabascan cookery at style of American state (call to book in advance) at the Morris Thompson Cultural Center, or participate during a distinctive bar hop, the good Fairbanks public house Paddle. Open all year, the 414-mile physicist road plies north of Fairbanks into the Arctic, and air taxis reach the pristine 800-sq-mile Gates of the Arctic parkland, however the sunshine show are best back in Fairbanks.