Places cosmobacon13 Wants to Go

This isolated and westernmost point of the Faroe Islands archipelago is home to thousands of seabirds.

Recreations of a Norse longhouse and boat on Shetland's northernmost inhabited island.

On a remote island, legend has it that a fiddler and his wife were turned to stone.

The recurring nature of this geographic feature might make it unique in the world.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

This ancient monument has been dissembled and put back together at least twice.

Considered "the most original, complete, and unimproved" circles in Aberdeenshire.

Quirky Welsh observatory unites art and science.

This former military airfield's claim to fame came from a lucky accident during the Second World War.

Live your lighthouse keeper dreams at this unique lodging on a Canadian island.

This sculpture of a pylon is upside down and askew, as if its main purpose is to confuse passersby.

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

A whimsical shrine with a porcelain Torii gate, split in half by an active train line.

The ruins of a Roman fort lie in the shadows of an imposing medieval castle.

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.

This Tudor-era castle was once part of King Henry VIII's plan to protect England from invasion.

These 1,500-year-old remains were found in a mysterious Anglo-Saxon mass grave.

Despite the name, this ancient piece of crystal may not have been a lens at all.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

The palace for King Gustav III was never completed, but the foundation remains tucked away in this city park.

Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.