Places Brett Iredell Wants to Go

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.