Places meltingknight Wants to Go

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

Inside a state forest, the forgotten remains of a Cold War defensive installation.

A traveling Bronze Age sacrificial stone that was used to honor elves, fairies, and other woodland spirits.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

Where one of the worst train disasters in the country took place, leading to upgrades in rail safety.

A story of cutlasses carelessly carving a celibate centenarian's cemetery stone.

A legendary ghostly hound supposedly left dark marks on a place of worship.

Three large boulders covered in mysterious carvings and graffiti.

A sad reminder of the World War II bombing stands largely unnoticed on a street corner.

These ancient pecked images are among the oldest and best-preserved in Mongolia.

A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.

Three plaques mark the spot where the "forgotten father of broadcasting" worked.

Time has been frozen at this station since the bombing in 1980—or so it was believed.

These ancient monoliths make up one of the largest archaeological sites in Palau.

A "gateway" into Mexico's northern border, represented by an abstract red tower.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

Death hangs in the air here, where a 17th-century gibbet has been erected on a Neolithic tomb.

One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.

This subterranean town of over 50 dwellings lies thirty feet beneath the Earth's surface.

A stone, covered in metal, commemorating an event that happened somewhere else a thousand years ago.