Places microvroni Wants to Go

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

Built to hold the worst of the worst of the Nazi war prisoners.

No one is sure what to do with this WWII shipwreck that sits at the bottom of the Thames, still loaded with tons of explosives.

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

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

Forgotten jail cells beneath this Scottish town hall are now used for delightfully artful storage.

The rust covering this old mine's abandoned buildings matches the red pigment it once produced.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

This former quarry is now a vibrant labyrinth of magical in situ sculptures.

The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

A midnight snack that lights up the night.

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

This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

This sculpture is an instrument played by the swell of the seas.

Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.