Places bertshetler Wants to Go

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

This little gallery is devoted to one small town's passion for a very special cheese.

Winter roadtrips are a little more exciting on this seasonal, slippery expansion of Sweden's national highway system.

This massive Trojan ursine was built to be a new tourist symbol for a small Swedish town.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.

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

One of the largest megalithic complexes in England, which local legend holds is a wedding party turned to stone by the Devil.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.

This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.

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

On the Irish coast, 18 members of the Howard family are eternally resting in an Egyptian pyramid.

There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

Ancient Bronze Age rampart that was used into the middle ages.

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.