Places cmwhite Wants to Go

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

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

This ruined folly was originally built to honor a failed American state that would have become "Westsylvania."

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

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

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Oliver Cromwell once seized the land under this house, which included the ruins of a medieval abbey that the owner used to build his stately home.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

This shell of a historic manor house on the Isle of Wight is said to be the most haunted site on the island.

An abandoned beach resort in Normandy reclaimed by artists.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

This Croatian fairytale castle is slowly falling apart thanks to years of neglect.

Once a state-of-the-art tuberculosis treatment spa, these ruins are now ruled by paintball players.