Places meltingknight Wants to Go

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

This massive collection of taxidermy is full of specimens collected by missionaries during their international travels.

A museum of natural history, Edwin Carter's original log cabin home and workshop houses taxidermy specimens.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

The hottest, driest, and most scenic desert on Earth.

Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

The world's largest ship graveyard is the product of decades of corruption.

Roadside attraction outside of a recycling center.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

Visible from both land and sea.