Places meltingknight Wants to Go

A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

The roadway bend where highway painters practice their craft looks like expressionist art.

A Norwegian church that was built before Wisconsin was even a state has been entirely moved to a nicer spot.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

Iceland's only steampunk shop imagines a retro-futuristic world that never was.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

This museum in a shuttered train station remembers the island's forgotten rail system.

A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Only two of these trees remain in the natural world, found high in the cloud forest of the island of Mauritius.

The “Thumb” of Mauritius provides a 360 degree view of the entire country.

At the center of an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean is a deep chasm ringed by tall waterfalls.

Stories of sightless fish and ghostly cowboys are only a fraction of the legends surrounding this Kansas sinkhole.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.