Places dcooke464 Wants to Go

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

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

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

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

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

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

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

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

The stunning remnants of this wreck emerge from an otherworldly backdrop of rainforests.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

Two ancient Buddhist temples crown this dramatic rocky pinnacle.

270 million year-old forest of stone.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

This cha chaan teng’s pineapple buns are so sought-after that they sell 5,000 a day.

The home where the first Premier of the People's Republic of China worked and lived.