Places butterflywings Wants to Go

An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

A ruined Maya city that suffered a years-long case of mistaken identity.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Ever-growing collection of devils in art.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

An important pilgrimage site for pagans and early Christians, named for a Celtic goddess-turned-saint.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

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

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

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

A remarkably intact castle that once was the largest in Ireland.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

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

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

An elaborate Romanesque archway, built right before the British occupation of Ireland.