Places aRedLetterLife Wants to Go

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

An unusual bronze bus shelter is actually an art installation commenting on the city's history with the Nazi party.

This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

Memorializing the bravery of one young woman facing the monster of her age.

This statue, deep in a Swedish forest, is all alone, just like the renowned recluse would have wanted.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.