Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

This tiny train shuttles passengers to one of Northern Ireland's most spectacular sights.

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

From here, the loch appears to take the shape of mainland Scotland.

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

Two women with a flair for both adventure and artful clutter created this singular round home.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

The abandoned transportation hub hides within the Glasgow attraction it once served.

This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the plight of the Nuba peoples of Sudan.

The wreckage of an old coastal trading vessel is only visible at low tide.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

To literally keep their waste out of their own backyards, the citizens of this English city built an impressive sewer system that is still in use today.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

This Arcadian garden in the Pentland Hills boasts over 270 artworks by Scottish artist and poet, Ian Hamilton Finlay.

The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

This gnarled old tree supposedly sprouted from seeds kept in the pocket of a 16th-century Spanish sailor.

The enormous earthwork sculpture honors the ponies that lived and worked in the old colliery.

Part museum, part piece of Arthurian-inspired history, this stately hall attracts King Arthur fans from miles away.

Gothic tower where Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem "The Sleeping Beauty."