Places meltingknight Wants to Go

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

Once a year, local students "clean" this statue with a champagne shower.

The grand complex of buildings that comprise Liverpool's Exchange Flags includes a vast World War II bunker that has been frozen in time.

Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.

A line of disused military bunkers built to defend against Nazi invasion lies hidden on the outskirts of the city.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

Dozens of vintage puppets are displayed in an unassuming hallway at the public library.

A beautiful midcentury mural by the famed Brazilian modernist artist Emiliano Di Cavalcanti.

Fragments of human bones are embedded in the walls of this quaint alley.

Not for the faint of heart, this long pedestrian bridge rewards those who brave the wobbly walk with a beautiful view.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.

Legend has it this historic port was a popular hideout and smuggling spot for pirates.

This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.

This haunting sculpture was created as a statement on the mechanized warfare of the First World War.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

She asked for a potato cellar and over the next 23 years he gave her a network of holy caves.

This little medieval church hidden in the center of Yerevan was lost and rediscovered—twice.

A small Byzantine church lost in the middle of the mountains of southern Italy.

Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.

The modern museum honors the achievements of the state's all-star athletes.

Cavemen, elephants, and eagles greet passengers driving through the town's main intersection.