Places IronQueen Wants to Go

The "last holdout of the Confederacy” actually sat at the edge of the Canadian border.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

Commemorating the lives of a renowned humorist and a famed aviator who died in a plane crash in northern Alaska.

Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.

Alaska Natives have lived on this tiny isolated island in the Bering Strait for over 5,000 years.

Barça football fans might see the insignia hidden in a church window as a divine sign.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

This Indianapolis landmark offers a secret panoramic view of the city. 

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

Remnants of a forgotten 1920s speakeasy and Prohibition-era murals were discovered in its basement.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.