Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

A peace symbol in Northern Ireland is among the world's largest hedge mazes.

This village provides a glimpse at rural life in Northern Ireland during the mid-20th-century.

A harbor town pays tribute to a heroic wartime carrier pigeon.

These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

Every year locals give the bear a fresh coat of paint to preserve its signature goofy grin.

The ruins of a once-grand mansion in Northern Ireland are now thought to be haunted.

A giant sculpture of the legendary "Salmon of Knowledge" celebrates the return of fish to Belfast's River Lagan.

A Victorian marvel of engineering is now a 21st-century tourist attraction.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

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

For more than two centuries, this family-run establishment has been serving up some of Ireland's best oysters.

The remains of a majestic house that was once stood in the crosshairs of the Irish Republican Army.

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

Dine on ceviche tacos in the sea at this floating restaurant only accessible by boat.

A collection of old shoes in the middle of nowhere.

A sculpture of three large candles in the middle of the water of the river Smedjeån.

A former limestone quarry has found a new life as a flourishing community garden.

Once one of the most polluted caves in America, now an environmental success story and a museum dedicated to caves.

This underground holding cell was forgotten for over a century and rediscovered in the 1960s.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.

This unique piece of land is home to a patented artificial lake and the remains of an old Girl Scout camp.

A large wind turbine installation in central Washington State is home to an extensive set of interpretive exhibits.