Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.

Some of the saint's blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

A retired military stronghold on the rolling green coast of Donegal.

An outstanding and haunting glimpse of the horrors of the Great Famine of Ireland.

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

See some of the world's greatest racing horses at this idyllic thoroughbred breeding facility and garden complex.

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.

This beautiful site is where the first transatlantic telegraph was sent from.

An ancient holy well said to be used by the patron saint of sailors and travelers, lost in the boggy west of Valentia Island.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.