Places meltingknight Wants to Go

Former estate of Lenin, now home to his death mask.

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.

This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

Citizens of Norway want to gift the peak of Mount Halti to Finland for its 100th birthday.

This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

This Norwegian satellite station provides ground services to more satellites than any other facility in the world.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

No cyclone yet has been able to topple this rugged Indian lighthouse.

Frank Lloyd Wright built this suburban synagogue late in life, but it stands among his most iconic masterpieces.

This 11th-century temple gave rise to the word "juggernaut," as well as some mysteries that defy scientific explanation.

This Hindu temple is an architectural marvel designed and built according to ancient Indian principles.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

These small sculptures pay homage to the lovable star of an iconic Argentine comic strip.

An oddly conical beacon perched atop beautiful Irish cliffs.

This mysterious complex of abandoned yurts and fading murals was meant to be a center of science and spirituality in Kyrgyzstan.

More than 100 colorful residents stand post in this seaside Australian city.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

This stately mansion, built in 1787 by America's first Secretary of the Navy, is rumored to be one of the most haunted buildings in Washington, DC.

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

A carved grave marker from the 2nd century is mounted in the alcove wall of this Bavarian church.