Places Bartokfriend Wants to Go

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

The largest collection of woven silk tapestries in the world.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

A striped 12th-century basilica sits in the countryside of Sardinia.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This ancient goddess temple inspired the design of India’s Parliament House.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

Death comes to anyone who dares to touch this concrete column.