Places IronQueen Wants to Go

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

Where the legendary Orson Welles got his theatrical start before "Citizen Kane."

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

A garment factory hides a small Dominican eatery in the hallway to its freight elevator.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

The largest land animal skull ever discovered.

A 30-foot-tall goat tower in central Illinois is home to a herd of Swiss ungulates.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

A small World War II museum housed in what was once the largest navigation school in the United States.

A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

Dozens of whimsical bear statues "hibernate" here during the winter months.

Dad jokes and wordplay abound in this comic fake cemetery.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

A self-explanatory attraction allows fans to respectfully remember and honor a comedy legend.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

This small beachside park commemorates the possibilities of discovery.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.