Places toocanvan Wants to Go

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

This mountaintop mariner’s church is packed with model ships and nautical art while hosting an annual maritime festivity for the townsfolk below.

This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.

The violinist who played on as the Titanic sank is buried in this quiet English cemetery.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

A unique journey back in time to an early 20th-century fairground.

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

This Late Gothic building that once housed Erasmus is now known as the filming location of "Suspiria."

The great Danube river starts here.

Italy's third-largest Roman arena gives a peek into the underground operations beneath the ancient spectacles.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.

A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.

A 2,000-year-old engineering wonder hides beneath an Italian town.

Church holding the preserved body of a levitating saint.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.