Places meltingknight Wants to Go

A deserted island in southwest Japan that once sheltered persecuted Christians.

Local legend says there's treasure hidden within its crowded graveyard.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.

A surprising museum of 20th-century technology.

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

Highly unusual subterranean stupa and adjacent cave monastery.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

Pennsylvanian mass grave and possibly mass murder.

A hidden piece of Altoona's railroad history in a long-forgotten abandoned town.

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

Each step is a mere four inches tall, said to be measured by the stride of a woman wearing a hobble skirt.

One man's real life disfigurement inspired a lasting local legend surrounding an eerie tunnel.

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

A museum commemorating the Donora Smog, which killed 20 people in October 1948 and sparked national outrage over air pollution.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

Contrary to what one might expect, ice forms inside this small cavern during the summer and melts during the winter.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

The small Scottish townhouse where the "Father of the National Parks" was born.