Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

The final resting place of Captain William Becknell, the Old West frontiersman who forged the Santa Fe Trail.

Home to a full-scale replica of the Ezekiel Airship, an aircraft that allegedly flew in 1902—a year before the Wright brothers took to the skies over Kitty Hawk.

A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

Amazingly detailed marble cinerary urns that once held the cremains of Roman elite.

An amazing stag sculpture constructed entirely of discarded materials.

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

A collection of art crafted from various hardware tools.

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

The history of funerals and funerary customs.

In a historic steel foundry east of the Mississippi River, thousands of wooden crates hold the architectural remnants of buildings long gone but not forgotten.

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

This small-town opera house has appeared much more in national culture and history than its charming setting might suggest.

Meant for a railway that was never built because of the Great Chicago Fire, these piers still stand nearly 150 years after they were installed.

Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.