Places LeahRumsey Wants to Go

This rare and ancient Christian relic is one of Ireland’s oldest freestanding stone crosses.

This eclectic sanctuary is a hodgepodge of various architectural styles, all crammed into one building.

This former chapel resides on an island connected to the mainland by one of Shetland's iconic beachy tombolos.

This public library still showcases its former life as a 19th-century church.

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.

This mysterious, medieval cathedral remains unbuilt but fiercely protected.

This genuine, blood red Jolly Roger was captured off the North African coast in 1790 by Admiral Richard Curry.

This was once a hall in which a 16th-century royal banquet was hosted by King James VI of Scotland.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

The United Kingdom's smallest working cathedral also serves as a quaint bed and breakfast.

This tiny getaway tucked away in an uninhabited Scottish valley isn't your ordinary teahouse.

A former coastal watch post has been turned into a bothy with unrivaled views of the sea and its inhabitants.

Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Beasts and branches swirl in sandstone carvings, interrupted by one strange creature.

One family's environment-friendly hobbit-house in Wales.

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

This ruined travelers shelter sits abandoned in a desolate bog of Flow Country.

A pristine medieval church that was visited by Columbus before his travels to the Americas.

This figure was carved in the likeness of a voyeur, so that every time he spied across the street, he would find only himself staring back.

Three people can fit inside this little Serbian Orthodox church carved inside a 500-year-old oak tree.

The ex-church that inspired “Alice’s Restaurant” is now a vibrant community center and folk music venue.

Thousands of prehistoric artifacts from the region around Laayoune are preserved by one man in this small museum.