Places meltingknight Wants to Go

These 18th-century paintings of Warsaw were used to reconstruct the city after World War II.

Meet the oldest inhabitants of this Italian hamlet, a series of oddly preserved mummies.

During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.

These pools have been abandoned for over 20 years.

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

The rusted remains of an ill-fated freighter lie just off the coast of South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

Unconventional site where the tracks of Zurich tramcars intersect.

Vines grow up the metal bars in this public park created from an old machine factory.

This charming fountain honors Felix Salten, the creator of the iconic storybook deer.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

This inconspicuous pharmacy went down in history as the first gas station in the world after fueling the first road trip ever taken.

Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

This baroque palace displays an impressive collection of taxidermy, art, and rare objects from the days of courtly hunting.