Places aRedLetterLife Wants to Go

This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

A statue of a boy looks up at where the famous rival to the Leaning Tower of Pisa once stood.

Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

An ancient city hidden in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.

This amazing abuela became a diehard metal fan late in life and an icon of Madrid's '80s rock scene.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

This 19th-century fountain's namesake animal isn't what you think it is.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

The only medieval bridge in Britain with its defensive tower still in tact.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.