Places lilpuddanesca Wants to Go

This standing stone has a unique backdrop thanks to some of the United Kingdom's best-rated beaches.

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

Despite what a Thai tourism board might want you to think, this white-sand beach is in fact located on a Scottish island.

This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.

The 5,000-year-old megalith is believed to be Scotland's tallest standing stone.

A whale's jawbone and a malfunctioning harpoon welcome you to the village of Bragar and its lore.

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

Under a breathtaking Buddhist temple in Vietnam is a basement exhibit that takes visitors to hell and back.

This earthwork installation sits on a grassy hill, celebrating Iceland's past and present.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

Discover the magic in the mundane in Iceland's Museum of Everyday Life.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.