Places meltingknight Wants to Go

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.

Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

Small transmitter operated by a priest in the Netherlands.

A retail shop has preserved the 17th-century food cellar from the old building it now occupies.

Lumps of significant stone from around the world surround a flaming monument for peace.

The Netherlands' first car tunnel has an unusually rectangular shape.

This artificial ring island was built to hold cubic tons of polluted dirt.

This stately council chamber hasn't changed since 1545.

This giant radio telescope would be a rusting ruin if it hadn't become such a beloved relic.

The nerve center of a massive, state-of-the art radio telescope that sprawls across Western Europe.

Once housed in the towers of this Gothic church, this 17th century clock still ticks today.

An ancient Egyptian temple sits within a modern European museum.

One of the Leiden's oldest pubs is also the birthplace of the Heineken star.

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.

This small museum collects the Christian remembrances which would otherwise be forgotten.

An awe-inspiring giant blue whale jaw bone stands in the center of this Dutch island.

Made of 41,900 pieces of mosaic, it took two years to piece together this giant egg.

Graffiti covers the walls of a room where university students through the centuries have waited nervously to defend their theses.

A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.

Building Men of War and Indiamen from Holland's Golden Age.

The struggle of a small Dutch island against the sea.