Places meltingknight Wants to Go

This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

A stone troll guards the hike that leads to this waterfall.

Parts of this former military training ground may have inspired parts of J.R.R. Tolkien's famous fantasy series.

According to one story, this burial mound is made up of stones that represent the casualties of a major battle.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Home to a full-scale replica of the Ezekiel Airship, an aircraft that allegedly flew in 1902—a year before the Wright brothers took to the skies over Kitty Hawk.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

The beehive-like buildings of this abandoned resort reside near the border of Mauritania and Senegal.

An abandoned skate park located in the middle of the wilderness.

These Bronze Age rock carvings are among the oldest in the region.

This imprint of an old computer keyboard has a unique backstory.

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.

Legend has it that any woman who kissed this statue would soon be married.

Wander among hulking piles of rusted machinery left over from the Eritrean-Ethiopian War.

According to one local legend, this image was created during a battle between a wild lioness and the archangel Michael.

This building served as the first customs house in modern Greece.

An unusual heating plant that has garnered notoriety for its distinct shape.

The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.

This apartment building designed by a notable Washington D.C. architect housed the Qing Dynasty's Legation.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

A massive, majestic mammal watches over pedestrians from his perch atop a former B.P.O.E. lodge.

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.