Places LeahRumsey Wants to Go

A mythological Celtic beast built with thousands of colorful tiles stands guard over a historic canal junction.

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

This Irish church has a striking circular design inspired by the ancient Grianán of Aileach.

This remote Scottish island has the only round church in the nation.

According to local legend, this church was built with two doors, so that residents of two rival villages had their own entrances.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

A popular East Bay hiking trail houses the ruins of a sanitarium that was destroyed in a blaze 50 years ago.

At one of Oslo’s most-visited buildings, few notice the painting that has mocked its architect for 70 years.

A monorail that was built to serve a new development but technical problems, lack of users, and a pandemic caused it to be closed and abandoned.

Harvey Milk's (the first openly gay person elected to public office in California) camera shop is now a queer community hub that celebrates his legacy and San Francisco's LGBTQ+ history, past and present.

The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.

The wooden sculptures are studded throughout a small New Zealand town.

A steampunk airship "floats" above Hamilton Gardens delivering plants and compost.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

This ancient holy well is older than much of the city that surrounds it.

Early Medieval stones sit on display at the beautiful Govan Old Church in Glasgow.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

This 1,300-year-old marker is one of the finest and most complete early Christian crosses in Scotland.

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.