Places aRedLetterLife Wants to Go

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.

The largest underground church in Europe.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

When this Iron Age bog body was discovered in 1835, it was thought that she had died recently.

Four alabaster giants contemplate the tides on the shore of Denmark.