Places meltingknight Wants to Go

Despite the groans of archaeologists, this astounding groups of Bronze Age petroglyphs have been painted red for tourists.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

This medieval castle was painted pink as part of a now-abandoned children's theme park.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.

This smily stone feline is meant to represent a mythical lion that almost destroyed the island of Kea.

A cave covered with bizarre stalactites of cloth.

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

This former military airfield's claim to fame came from a lucky accident during the Second World War.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.

This wooden recreation of a 9th century lake village looks as though it was built yesterday (which it relatively was).

This abandoned beacon is moving closer and closer to the sea.

It's a mystery as to why this inland village chose the dolphin as its symbol.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

Solving a 60-year mystery finally gave a name to the young woman known only by the color of her clothes.