Places cmwhite Wants to Go

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.

The stately remains of Llywelyn the Great's mighty fortress.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

Built during the Scottish boom in the oil industry, the village was never inhabited.

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

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.

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

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

Lucerne's central prison was converted into a tourist hotel with a bare minimum of changes.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

The ruins of this Dutch castle sit atop a labyrinth of once-secret tunnels and passageways, dating back over 900 years.

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.