Places meltingknight Wants to Go

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

Protecting the future of some of the rarest and most misunderstood mammals of North America.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

The loneliest island in New York.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.