Places meltingknight Wants to Go

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

A spectacular annual festival centers around humans throwing molten iron against a wall at night.

Where better to stay the night than inside a trio of ancient Chinese deities representing "the good life."

This massive neon wheel is the only one of its kind to be built over a bridge.

China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.

An unassuming house in Wisconsin hides a transient artist’s magnum opus.

Over 75 historically themed murals grace the walls of a small Washington city.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

A small granite block at this monument's base is the only part of Lincoln's Tomb outside of Illinois.

Behold the rickety glory of one of the oldest roller coasters still standing.

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

No one knows who painted this mysterious mural in a Penn State basement.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

Marked by the hand of the explorer Henry Morton Stanley.