Places meltingknight Wants to Go

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

An Iron Age hillfort rooted in Arthurian legend was made famous by musician Peter Gabriel.

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

These stones mark 200 years of friendship between Britain and France following the Napoleonic Wars.

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.

In northeastern Poland, the ruins of a massive granary overlook the Narew River.

Originally slated to become a luxurious resort, this structure is now a graffiti haunt reclaimed by nature.

These ruins have been linked to a sherbet factory that exploded, but the story may be entirely fictional.

This small park holds what remains of a former prison and execution ground.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

Before online banking and smartphone apps, there was "commuter banking" in the subway in Downtown Brooklyn.

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

The mansion-like building is packed with Texas pride.

This carved memorial is dedicated to the miners who died working in the town's collieries.

A well-preserved 2nd century fort where moles are the archaeologists.

A stone copper was sculpted on the wall of the Carlisle Cathedral to honor a local hero.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

This former Cold War missile control site played an important role in the creation of GPS.

This art display in Dedham honors a local fish, and is dedicated to the volunteers who restored the canal.

This memorial commemorates a defining 16th-century battle between English and Scottish forces.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

The site of the first international football match.

This once-majestic, now-abandoned Victorian castle has seen better days.