If your local Blockbuster closed its doors before you could return that overdue DVD you just found under your couch, you’re in luck — you can still drop it off. The only catch is that you might have to drive to Alaska to do it. Although Blockbuster shuttered its remaining corporate-owned brick-and-mortar outlets in January 2014, its bare-bones website lists roughly 50 stores that remain open in such locations as Bend, Oregon; Grand Forks, North Dakota; and even a town called the North Pole, Alaska, on 320 North Santa Claus Lane, to be exact. (Hat tip to reddit for finding the list.) “If you were to go into any of our stores in Alaska on a Friday or Saturday night, you’d be surprised how many people are in there,” says Alan Payne, the owner of more than 20 of the remaining stores.

Payne’s and the rest of the surviving Blockbusters are essentially BINOs — Blockbusters in Name Only. With the corporate superstructure dissolved, they operate independently, navigating their own way through an increasingly shrinking market. They’re also now technically classified as licensees rather than franchisees, since the owners pay a monthly fee for the right to use the Blockbuster name. And the Blockbuster name is really all that exists of the once-mighty video rental store chain, which a mere decade ago, boasted a market value of $5 billion, with 9,000 stores staffed by 60,000 know-it-all teen film buffs and/or wanna-be filmmakers

Behind the scenes, though, this definitely isn’t the ’90s anymore. For starters, Payne rarely deals with anyone from his ex-parent company. “As far as I know there is no Blockbuster Inc. anymore, other than somebody taking our [licensing] checks every month,” he laughs. That means he’s the one who sets the standard prices on rentals — generally about $3.99-$4.99 for new releases, while older movies rent for 49 cents a day, or 99 cents for five days. And he decides how many copies of specific titles to stock, purchasing them either directly from wholesalers or, occasionally, from Walmart or Best Buy.

He also grants the individual stores a certain degree of autonomy, furnishing them with local budgets to respond to the tastes of their respective communities. For example, horror movies are extremely popular in Texas, which perhaps isn’t surprising, since it’s a state known for its multiple cinematic chainsaw massacres. Meanwhile, up in Alaska, where high broadband rates can make streaming services a pricey proposition, renters snap up full seasons of TV shows. Payne says that HBO series like True Blood and Game of Thrones always fly off the shelves, as does FX’s Sons of Anarchy, NBC’s Grimm and AMC’s The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad. “[In Alaska] you can’t afford to binge-watch on Netflix,” he explains, “so you’ll binge-watch by renting a season of something on DVD for a few dollars.”