Places imagreenbean Wants to Go

William Smith's iconic "map that changed the world" is hidden behind a curtain in the Geological Society building.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

The remains of this ancient fortress atop a manmade hill look as though they were built into a volcano.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

A magical oasis in the middle of the Negev Desert.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The floating gallery illuminates the heart of Québec City's arts district.

A chocolatier with a quaint museum showcasing the history of chocolate.

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

Horse cemetery on the grounds of Blarney Castle.

Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.

The largest stone circle in Ireland.

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

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

A diminutive, thousand-year-old church believed to be the smallest in Ireland.

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

This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

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

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.