Places Loec Wants to Go

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

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

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

Ask nicely, and stewards of a centuries-old charitable tradition will give you free bread and beer.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

This Navarrese cave's history of witchcraft and pagan ritual is not just embraced, but recreated each year.

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

A Spanish forest is filled with mysterious stone carvings.

No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.

A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.