Places AngelusCowl Wants to Go

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

The secret centuries-old German cemetery in the heart of the Vatican.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

This steep slide at a kids’ playground went viral after an police officer tumbled down it.

The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.

A snow-white church overlooking the wonderful Tyrrhenian Sea.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

These spartan apartments are provided to clergymen visiting Vatican City.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

This equestrian statue of Constantine the Great has been the subject of criticism for centuries.

This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.

The oldest volcanology research center in the world.

A tribute to the students and teachers who lost their lives during the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

This diesel train serviced the Brooklyn waterfront for more than three decades.

Explore an enormous collection of original Americana tucked away in a small hamlet.

This rural bridge gave the government of West Virginia a red scare.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

India’s only Brain Museum displays over 200 fascinating ways that your brain might kill you.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.