Places Deirdreod Wants to Go

The Ranger’s House exhibits fine mementos collected by Sir Julius Werner during the course of his life, including this infamous pendant.

A stone-filled garden in the heart of Edinburgh commemorates the father of modern geology.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

The remains of a concrete ship sit on a sandbank between Ballina Quay and Belleek Woods.

After the owner of this Art Nouveau home died, it was turned into a museum displaying a lifetime dedicated to art.

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

Legends say this red sandstone monolith and the dozens of smaller boulders that surround it were once a coven of witches—before a Scottish wizard turned them all to stone.

In the 9th-century this small spring-fed well became the location of daily mealtime miracles for one Saxon monk.

A trail of footprints discovered after a landslide was left not by the Devil, as originally believed, but by an early human ancestor.

Legend has it that any woman who kissed this statue would soon be married.

A deer-headed statue that brings together a 12th-century legend and big wave surfing.

This moss-covered boulder is said to be part of a diabolical plant to sabotage the Durham Cathedral's foundation.

On Gellért Hill, this statue depicts the tragic tale of lovers divided by the Danube.

This mysterious, medieval cathedral remains unbuilt but fiercely protected.

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

The largest municipal cemetery in the United Kingdom and the second largest in Europe contains some of Manchester’s biggest characters.

The facade of this 16th-century building is decorated with carvings of 300 seashells.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

A unique underground structure dating back to the 1st century BC.