Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

The library of every book lover's dreams.

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

This two-room factory has been cranking out the musical signifier of zaniness for a century.

This massive melon is a recreation of a similar gate from the Pan-American Expo.

This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.

An unprepossessing stone marks the last resting place of one of the most accomplished Native Americans in history.

An elaborate memorial to a man local legend says died of a broken heart.

This vessel is believed to be the oldest operating fireboat in the world.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

A tree full of wishes and footwear.

This exhibit pays tribute to the “humble tinkerer” who invented the implantable pacemaker.

A masked wrestling legend has opened the first U.S. course devoted to a meditative Japanese golf variant.

The "last holdout of the Confederacy” actually sat at the edge of the Canadian border.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.