Places meltingknight Wants to Go

A stone pillar marking the location of the westernmost battle of the American Civil War only honors one side of the conflict.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

A misunderstanding gave this 18th-century racehorse a most amusing name.

The defensive tower was built centuries ago to warn locals of Berber pirate attacks.

Asheville, North Carolina, was the the second place in the world to enjoy Kentucky Fried Chicken's secret recipe.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

Remnants of the Nazis' occupation of Denmark linger along the sand.

The Pentagon is so large that it was planned like a city, complete with internal highway infrastructure.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.

A replica of a beloved, delicately-balanced granite boulder.

This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

A chilly monument dedicated to the French explorer, Jean-Baptiste Charcot.

After being lost for nearly a century, this historic bell finally returned home after its mysterious theft.

A tribute to Loveland’s most famous sweethearts, who helped spread cupid’s message to millions.

Abandoned ships along a deserted beach feel like the set of a post-apocalyptic thriller.

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

A magician and his beloved, pampered canine were buried together, within days of each other, due to a tragic twist of fate.

A tribute to a local delicacy and the women who prepare and sell it.