Places meltingknight Wants to Go

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

An ancient quarry rediscovered by a dog and claimed by biblical kings, a German cult, and the Freemasons.

A geometric jumble of homes.

This secret facility trained seals for the Swedish navy during the Second World War.

The abandoned shell of what would have been the Jordanian royal family's summer palace.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

Dinosaur eggs were first discovered at these fiery red cliffs.

One of the few places in the world where visitors can walk alongside fossilized tracks from 80 different dinosaur species.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

This fortified sand barrier dividing a contested territory is the longest minefield in the world.

During World War II the Thorp building was guarded by the OSS, FBI, and US Navy because of the top-secret bombsight being produced there.

An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.

These abandoned coal mine towers near Sherwood Forest might soon boast the U.K.’s longest zip-line.

These bleak 800-year-old ruins were once the royal residence of choice for hunting in Sherwood Forest.

Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.

Fulham F.C. imploded once everyone excised its giant, hated tribute to the King of Pop.

The tennis legend used this racket while breaking the race barrier and becoming the first Black man to win the US Open.