Places Brett Iredell Wants to Go

Detroit housing collective working to create an "environment for revolutionary change."

Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

This terrifying glass bridge on the side of a mountain cracks as you step on it.

A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.