Places Jan Claus Di Blasio Wants to Go

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

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

Roman-era ships unearthed...

The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.

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

A remarkably intact castle that once was the largest in Ireland.

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

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

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.

A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.