Places LeahRumsey Wants to Go

Was this cave created by Hercules's wrath, the devil, or volcanic activity?

Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.

An elaborate Romanesque archway, built right before the British occupation of Ireland.

A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

This center tells the story of one of the most famous battles in Irish history.

This church is considered the largest and most complete Saxon church in England.

The skull of this patron saint is kept in a shrine located in his hometown.

The preserved left hand of a saint once known as "the Pearl of York."

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

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

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

Belfast's namesake river still winds below the city center, hidden from sight.

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.

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

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

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

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