Places Cattheripper Wants to Go

This gnarled old tree supposedly sprouted from seeds kept in the pocket of a 16th-century Spanish sailor.

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

This former ice house dates to the early 19th-century and featured an underground chamber.

This rustic, flower-lined pathway once had very little in common with its namesake.

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

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

A monument to a beloved aquatic folk hero in the Irish town of Dingle.

This lonely bronze walrus celebrates a character in a Lewis Carroll poem.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

According to local legends, a monstrous worm once wrapped itself around this hill by the River Wear.

The former "holiday home" for monks at the Durham Cathedral.

A once-beautiful retreat is now a crumbling ruin.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

Originally built in the 15th century, this well gave the surrounding area its name.

A statue commemorating the perilous journey made by the monks who delivered the body of St. Cuthbert.

A monument with a strange legend involving a horse's tongue.

Though this bridge was originally built in the 12th century, only one of its 10 arches dates back that far.

Take afternoon tea in a 17th-century almshouse.

This library dates back to the late 17th century and was one of the first public lending libraries in England.

Hundreds of years ago, this lion-shaped door knocker could help a person accused of a crime find temporary safe haven in Durham Cathedral.

An unusual stone chair can be found on the banks of the River Wear, not far from Durham Cathedral.

A rather grand, but tiny, folly on the banks of the River Wear associated with a Polish count.

A tile mosaic displaying a saying from the prophet Muhammad presents the mission of Durham University's Oriental Museum.