Places Edited by IronQueen

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

An antique horse-drawn hearse provided French luxury for the dead in this Texan town.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

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

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

It would be a crime to miss it.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.