Places Loec Wants to Go

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

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

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.

A carved bench marks the Scottish cave that inspired the classic adventure novel "Treasure Island."

On a remote island, legend has it that a fiddler and his wife were turned to stone.

These ruins are a hidden gem, complete with fantastic views over the cliff edge.

This unusual rock looks like a giant, otherworldly mushroom sprouting atop a cave.

These ancient sea caves hold Britain's highest concentration of Pictish rock carvings.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.

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

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.

This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.

Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.