Places meltingknight Wants to Go

This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.

The taxidermy remains of the first brown bear to enter Germany in 170 years.

For over a century, it was a crucial center of mental health treatment and also the source of many local legends.

Two well-hidden huts let animal lovers spend the night among the bears, wolves, and other predators of the forest.

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

The old fire tower is one of the last of its kind in the United States.

The tower in this 1,000-year-old mud-brick village seems to vibrate for no apparent reason.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

The tower claims to be the world's only pagoda made entirely from Myanmar's lucrative gemstone.

A nondescript dirt lot hides an intriguing center of shamanic healing.

Now abandoned, the world's first torpedo factory is crumbling into the sea.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

An abandoned 19th-century iron factory perched along the outskirts of an idyllic village.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

This First Nations monument is a peaceful spot with vast views of the Calgary prairie.

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.

Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

The jaw of one of humankind's earliest ancestors on display at an overlooked geology museum.

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.

Luxurious hotel designed to stir the imagination of its many visitors.