Places aRedLetterLife Wants to Go

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

The inscribed stone at Kilnasaggart is a remnant from nearly a millennium ago.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

This European portal tomb has a capstone that weighs around 150 tons.

A stone wall that mysteriously moved three feet from its foundation.

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.

The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

A rocky Irish outcropping with a history of wealth, conflict, and ruin.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.