Places mossenmoons Wants to Go

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

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.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

The social hall of this former factory is a Communist-era time capsule.

At this 16th-century monastery in rural Bulgaria, visitors can also spend the night.

A massive cave once a secret military base is now home to thousands of bats.

On the outskirts of the small village, an abandoned grassy field glitters thanks to the white stones of an ancient structure.

Founded in the 4th-century, the town of Pernik plays host to the Surva Carnival⁠—a magnificent display of masked Kukeri dancers.

Rebuilt several decades ago, its striking murals prevent it from being reconsecrated as a church.

These cascading falls resonate throughout the Bulgarian forest.

Crossing a suspension bridge above a forest is the only way to reach this 12th-century monastery.

Said to be the only museum in the world dedicated to the most classic of all blooms, the rose.

Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.

These natural cliffs look like they are a part of an old castle complex.

Rock carving created 1,300 years ago 75 feet off the ground.

A mysterious tunnel hidden in the shadows of a colorful, historic sanctuary.

Ruins of an early Roman Christian church dating back to the 4th to 5th centuries.

A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

Mysterious standing stone formations looks like a petrified forest.

Eastern Bloc nostalgia, anybody?

In a long-dry lake bed, these groups of massive stone pillars bear a striking resemblance to clumps of everyone's favorite fungi.