Places rattustrap Wants to Go

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

A surviving concrete arrow from an early-20th-century airmail-navigation network overlooks a reservoir.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

A kitschy stop on the way to Zion National Park.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."