Places aRedLetterLife Wants to Go

An ancient Thracian city where fire rituals were practiced on the largest cult altar in Southeast Europe.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

This series of underground chambers contains Europe's largest subterranean lake that is slowly drained each day.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

When Croatia became independent of Yugoslavia, the splintering governments left behind these concrete tunnels.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

One of the oldest churches in Romania is believed to have been built on the site of a pagan temple.

This Romanian village may have been drowned, but it is long from forgotten.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.