Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

A peace symbol in Northern Ireland is among the world's largest hedge mazes.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.

A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.

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

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.

The highest peak in Northern Ireland is topped with a stone tower and haunting burial mounds.

This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

The inscribed stone at Kilnasaggart is a remnant from nearly a millennium ago.

An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".

A mysterious Neolithic tomb is perched along the edge of a modern golf course.

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

This European portal tomb has a capstone that weighs around 150 tons.

On the Irish coast, 18 members of the Howard family are eternally resting in an Egyptian pyramid.

Ancient Bronze Age rampart that was used into the middle ages.

A rocky Irish outcropping with a history of wealth, conflict, and ruin.

A stone wall that mysteriously moved three feet from its foundation.