Places meltingknight Wants to Go

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.

This memorial honors the first British soldier killed by enemy action on home soil during World War I.

How this Pine Barrens hill got its name is uncertain, but on a good day the view from the fire tower is crystal clear.

A granite monument honors a beloved World War II canine mascot.

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.

A forest full of mystical fantasy figures, nearly destroyed by recent fires.

A local landmark that has become a hub of graffiti and urban exploration.

Impressive sink holes fill this untouched old-growth forest in the Bahamas.

One of the most remote lodges in the Amazon offers rare wildlife encounters and undisturbed views of the Peruvian rainforest.

Dilapidated ruins that once treated a notorious young serial killer, currently hosting vandals, squatters, and ghost hunters.

Is there such thing as too many fruit bats? Not anymore.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.

The scars of a remarkably organized public protest to save 13 elm trees are still visible in this Stockholm park.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

The spot where the namesake of the Douglas fir met his mysterious end on a Hawaiian volcano.

A small token of gratitude from freezing cold journalists who were given a warm haven while covering JFK's inauguration.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.