Places meltingknight Wants to Go

This often-overlooked ocean walkway was once considered an impossible fantasy.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

A poetic monument to the Scottish Parliament.

Another entry into the world of Edinburgh's pop-up artworks.

This sculpture of disembodied body parts forms a poignant memory of the horrors of World War II.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

The burial grounds of a Chinese eunuch who served his way into the highest levels of Imperial government.

A chinese farmer builds robots from scrap.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

A shiny sculpture celebrating the mighty mollusk.

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

A series of abstract sculptures pop up from an otherworldly volcanic landscape.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

You can soak in three relaxing pools filled daily by the tide.

In a small town outside Jerusalem, a roadside diner is devoted to all things Elvis Presley.

More than 3,200 cookie jars line the walls and shelves of this little shop and over 1,000 salt and pepper shakers

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

This stone amphitheater was once part of Nazi Germany's plan to promote propaganda.