Places Melodia Wants to Go

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.

The legacy of baseball great Roberto Clemente is preserved in a retired Pittsburgh fire station.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.

In the middle of an abandoned stretch of old Route 50 lies a tombstone that weighs three tons.

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.

This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.