Places meltingknight Wants to Go

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

This early 20th-century former train station’s unusual roof shape earned it a rather witchy name.

On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

The abandoned Bermudian home of a British naval leader is surrounded by crumbling sporting fields and the graves of convicts.

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.

In Bermuda, this formal naval residence has become a go-to for cliff-jumpers and hikers.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

This natural sea arch highlights Ireland's rugged coastal beauty.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

A series of caves within the gorge hold artifacts from the Stone Age.

The forgotten remains of the first steamship that launched on Lake Tanganyika.

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.

This abandoned lock-up was saved because of its connection to a local football team.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

A tribute to the beloved, kind-hearted "homeless mayor" of Silver Spring.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.