Places megankass Wants to Go

A brisk climb up this solitary peak leads to the origin story of a towering figure in Irish history.

For part of the year, this innovative greenhouse is painted white to keep the plants from getting scorched.

This Italian-style temple replica has been threatening to fall off the Irish coast for hundreds of years.

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

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

These precariously placed ruins harken back to a 13th-century castle.

Several land speed world records were shattered at this Welsh beach.

This pedestrian walkway cuts through a cemetery and over several burial vaults.

The only medieval bridge in Britain with its defensive tower still in tact.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

A wildlife paradise, this island is one of the world’s most important habitats for burrow nesting seabirds.

This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.