Places meltingknight Wants to Go

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

The secret skeleton of a murdered nun was discovered in this church basement, but the scandal doesn't end there.

A former top secret military tunnel is now stuffed with snow and open year-round to skiers.

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

Topeka has its own great wall, and it's covered in colorful images from the city's history.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

A poignant memorial shows the widows and children left heartbroken by the worst fishing disaster in Scottish history.

A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.