Places meltingknight Wants to Go

The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.

A magnificent, long-abandoned castle built in the wake of the reconquest of Spain.

An abandoned Incan construction project left behind a mysterious "doorway."

Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

This space rocket-like Buddhist stupa sits atop two giant arches and can be seen from out at sea.

The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.

The official Presidential Residence of Los Pinos became an emblem of Mexico's opulence and presidential corruption.

A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.

Village of slate houses, built on a white marble outcrop.

An archaeological site believed to be the burial place of the "mother of us all."

All that remains of Jacques Cousteau's 1960s underwater "village."

Remains of an abandoned coral city.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

This Lady Liberty is the oldest replica of its kind outside the state of New York.

Peak named for an old man who liked to run in the nude.

Together they left this world, and together they shall remain for all eternity.

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

This one-room schoolhouse in rural Arkansas dates to the 1920s, but looks like it could be the 1820s.

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.