Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

The site of a devastating modern-day mud volcano eruption that buried parts of a village.

A three-centuries-old crypt in the foothills of an old plantation.

This giant Cold War satellite dish has become a symbol of Trinidad's need for sovereignty.

This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.

These colonial murals are a fascinating hybrid of Spanish and Indigenous aesthetics.

This small church is surrounded by a landscape filled with hidden Zapotec ruins.

This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.

The Rio Lerma (Chignahuapan) in El Salto, Mexico, is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. It’s covered in white foam, and falling in can kill.

The jewel of the museum is a rare tumulus, a funeral decoration from the 18th century.

This "cursed house" features secret rooms, hidden vaults, and dark escape tunnels.

A formerly derelict railway workshop is home to a new world-class contemporary art museum in Central Mexico.

The history of this futuristic crypt-turned-temple is as curious as its facade.

An impressive if morbid collection of mummified remains from different eras of the region's history.

This church devoted to Mexico's "dead saint" is a festive celebration of a formerly hidden religious figure.

This restored opera house is named after a soprano known for tragic romance, exile, and a truly uncomfortable wedding.

This singular Mexican structure is considered a masterpiece of the Tapatía architectural school.

Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

A Barbados crypt where it's said that the coffins refuse to stay put.

This popular tourist cave was ignored for almost 200 years before being mined into an attraction.

A giant gun barrel in Barbados that once hoped to shoot outer space with science.

A smoky doorway in Dakar leads to one of the city’s great communal eating experiences.