Places meltingknight Wants to Go

These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

This iconic Russian space museum sits on a landmark space production facility and houses the Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft, that was also built here.

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.

This miniature take on the Kremlin is one Dutch man's retirement project.

Thousands of biblical and pagan images are carved into this small 12th-century church.

Rich with fauna and flora, nature-lovers can walk across the sea at this UNESCO World Heritage spot.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

The 5,000-year-old megalith is believed to be Scotland's tallest standing stone.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.

Built by the Ancient Greeks, this chariot bridge is still in use today.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

A memorial to American oil drillers who volunteered to travel secretly to England in 1943 and work in the U.K.'s only oil field.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

This sprawling woodland estate was the brainchild of iconic American industrial designer Russel Wright.

Pull up and have a drink at a museum filled with hundreds of years' worth of shipwreck artifacts.

Countless expeditions have left Tasmania to explore Antarctica, but this island state has an even deeper connection with the sea.

A collection of maritime artifacts from the world's first volunteer life brigade.

A nearly unconquerable island-fort in the Indian Ocean.