Places eevance Wants to Go

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.

The remains of the worst maritime disaster in the history of the "Graveyard of the Pacific."

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

This towering totem holds the title for the tallest in the world but only according to some.

This country market harbors goats on its roof.

Cougar Annie earned her nickname after shooting 60 cougars over the years as well as 80 black bears who threatened her garden.

At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

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

The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.