Places aRedLetterLife Wants to Go

An artful memorial to 4,000 fateful oranges.

This unique creation was used to house and wash sheep prior to shearing.

This stone was once used by druids to determine a person's innocence or guilt.

This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.

An angelic, yet demonic-looking figurine presides over one of Glasgow's most ancient streets.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

This tablet indicates where the tragic monarch returned to begin her tumultuous downfall.

A sense of bewilderment encounters visitors when they happen upon this former railway bridge.

A Serbian monument to plums.

A secluded, little-known temple hidden amid the dense jungle.

A holy well believed to have healing powers.

This temple was constructed entirely by Roman soldiers.

This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

This London marker celebrates the spot where the world-famous English band was founded.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.