IRON HOUSE, by John Hart.
Apart from the exhausting journeys, he barely has the energy to leave his tiny brick and corrugated iron house.
Another Iquitos landmark is the Casa de Fierro, or Iron House, part of a structure built by Gustave Eiffel (of Parisian tower fame) for the city's 1889 Paris Exposition.
He and his four siblings lived with their mother in a one-bedroom corrugated-iron house, in a district known as el-Hindi.
In Maui, there's Hale Paahao, the "stuck in irons house, " with its shackles and walls made of a mix of coral and stone.
The huge differential, for instance, has a cast-iron housing and its own cooler.
It was a large ship, sprung from its moorings, that ploughed straight through the neighbourhood, breaking the wood-and-iron houses in its path like toothpicks.
"It is also those doing dog-walking, babysitting, ironing, house-cleaning, gardening and housesitting, who are earning below the minimum wage," said Colin Williams, professor of public policy at Sheffield University.
In the winter, the crowds disappear inside cosy cafés, while the corrugated-iron houses shudder in thundering Arctic winds.
IRON CHEF HOUSE, 92 Clark Street, between Henry Street and Monroe Place, (718) 858-8517, is a friendly, bustling spot for sushi and other Japanese fare.
Nelson, who had suffered from a genetic heart defect, died at home in Kirkcudbright, where he had moved, for health reasons, from a remote old iron mine house on a farm track in "our secret valley" in Galloway.
