Places NatashaM Wants to Go

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

A world-class theater sits hidden in this remote town in West Iceland.

This wild explosion of color on a disused water tower tells the whimsical tale of a curious puffin.

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

Discover the magic in the mundane in Iceland's Museum of Everyday Life.

A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.

This tiny cabin was home to one of Iceland's most famous painters and was the only land he ever owned.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

One woman's lifelong collection is on display in this unassuming house on an Icelandic fjord.

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.