Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.

The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.

Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.

The storied steakhouse is the last in a long line of Lebanese-owned supper clubs in Tulsa.

On the shores of Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Lake, a family cooks a feast that tells the sad tale of a people's exile.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

In an Auckland neighborhood, looming chopsticks lift noodles from the sidewalk.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.