Places aRedLetterLife Wants to Go

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.