Places meltingknight Wants to Go

Jean Tinguely's bizarre monster sculpture is hidden deep in a forest.

The control tower at the historic weapons range is now available as a highly unusual vacation rental.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

This Brazilian palace island was once the site of the last grand ball before revolution.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

Every part of this unusual home is built into the sandstone rock.

Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

A headstone notes where the most famous of Robin Hood's legendary Merry Men is reportedly buried.

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

The world's oldest operational public pier railway has shuttled seagoing commuters from ship to shore since 1909.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

A feminist who put a pretty face on suffrage when she rode a horse through the Capitol.

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

Exquisite examples prehistoric bas-relief carvings.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.