Places meltingknight Wants to Go

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.

An enigmatic mural hiding in plain sight in one of São Paulo's busiest metro stations.

This former Welsh metal factory is now a lovely abandoned relic but was once one of the industry's world leaders.

This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.

A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.

These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.

The 10-foot-tall vegetables belong to Michigan’s first food rescue program.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

Among the oldest structures in Madrid, these Moorish walls once guarded the medieval city of Mayrit.

Among the cliffs of the Elora Gorge is an oft-overlooked piece of celebratory graffiti.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

A catapult rock from Gotland’s 13th-century civil war is still lodged in Scandinavia's best-preserved medieval city wall.

The highest tides in the world come in and out here twice a day, allowing you to essentially walk along the ocean floor.

Roam the cradle of the Cuban Revolution with life-sized dinosaurs.

Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.