Places meltingknight Wants to Go

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

Locals say the stone that marks the spot where the gallows once stood can lead you astray.

Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.

A concrete Picasso in the middle of a student housing complex on the outskirts of Stockholm.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

Just saying the name of this town out loud is said to bring bad luck.

The largest of Denmark's seven mysterious round churches stands on an island in the Baltic Sea.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.

A plaque hidden in the law faculty at Leiden University honors the first scientist to make liquid helium.

The silent film master's legacy commemorated in all the right and wrong places.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

One of the deepest blue holes in the world.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

These Honduran caves earned their magical nickname thanks to reflective bone deposits.