Places meltingknight Wants to Go

These cliff-dwellings might be Mexico's least visited archaeological site.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

The ruins of this ancient fortification wall sit in the middle of a quiet, residential intersection.

The only visible remains of this ancient Greek underground temple is its roof protruding from the earth.

These ancient ruins hide in plain sight next to a dessert shop.

This lighthouse was crafted as penitence for the theft of wine bound for a monastery.

The house in the middle of the motorway.

This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.

The stone that rocks no more.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

The site of a famous samurai duel.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

An ancient stone with mysterious origins stands in a residential neighborhood.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Fragments of a massive unfinished sculpture sit near the main quad of the University of Illinois.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

An unusual double-stelae obelisk with ancient and mysterious origins.

This National Natural Landmark is one of the best examples of a “mass wasting” in the world.

Inside this park, an engineering marvel from the early 20th-century still stands.

The indecision over what to place in this square was immortalized with a plaque.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.