Places meltingknight Wants to Go

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

See six states from the newly restored 100-year-old historic roadside attraction.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.