Places abbylynn Wants to Go

Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.

The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

The ruins of a monastery that dates to the 7th century.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

A tiny island off the coast of Dublin was once a pilgrimage site for the sick and the suffering.

A 1930s-style speakeasy with a secret doorway and one-of-a-kind cocktails.

A two-storey cabinet of wonders filled with the bizarre, the macabre, and the downright uncanny.

This neon landmark has been posing this deadpan question to follicly-challenged Dubliners for over 50 years.

The chaotic studio of one of the 20th century's most important artists has been preserved down to the dust.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.