Places naomistarr Wants to Go

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

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

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

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

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

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

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Certain traditions prevail on the least-visited island of the Aran Islands.

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

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

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

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

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

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