Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

The ruins of a sixth-century monastery sit on the banks of the River Shannon.

The remains of a concrete ship sit on a sandbank between Ballina Quay and Belleek Woods.

Fantastic stainless steel dragon gates complete with mesh wings.

An Irish peat mine has become a stunning sculpture park.

The symbolic center of Ireland, this summit also offers panoramic views of the countryside.

This small Irish village suffered the greatest loss of life when the Titanic sank.

An abandoned faux-pub made famous by a Guinness commercial.

Fluffy and friendly alpacas nestled against the border of the beautiful Connemara region.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

An outstanding and haunting glimpse of the horrors of the Great Famine of Ireland.

This Bronze Age tomb is the centerpiece of a clearing within a beautiful Irish forest.

The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

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

Wallabies live naturally on this Irish island.

The world's tallest box hedge is found in a delightful garden.

A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.