Places Archimedes Wants to Go

This museum is dedicated to the most famous Irish writers in history.

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.

A road that winds through this natural cave is the only way to access the small, appropriately-named village of Cuevas.

This enchanting natural park is a magical example of a temperate rainforest in Europe.

This European portal tomb has a capstone that weighs around 150 tons.

This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.

This natural sea arch highlights Ireland's rugged coastal beauty.

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.

A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

A rocky Irish outcropping with a history of wealth, conflict, and ruin.

Wander among the abandoned ruins of this once-powerful medieval town.

A hidden medieval crypt where a famous legend says the devil used to teach black magic.

"Satisfying" is a good way to describe these beautifully aligned rows of Spanish mills.

The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.