Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

This small cemetery contains the graves of prisoners of war who were interred at Fort McClellan during World War II.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.

A gothic-styled structure that has been the location for several movies.

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

Despite the name, this narrow bridge isn't very dangerous at all.

A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.

Tucked away in downtown Westerly is America's first shark history museum.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

This cemetery is home to numerous granite headstones that are works of art unto themselves.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

Pennsylvania’s creepiest roadside attraction is a haunting example of roadside kitsch.

This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.