Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

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 ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

A teddy bear sits on a chair watching the sunset from the mountaintop—just as the late Dan Clancy had done since childhood.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

Wallabies live naturally on this Irish island.

This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.

Ireland's only German military cemetery holds the remains of a spy who was moved there under the cover of darkness.

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

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

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

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

A statue of the English poet for whom this Delaware town is named is ritually dressed in seasonally appropriate clothing.

The remains of an old sawmill, gristmill and the surrounding industry dating back to the 18th century.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.