Places niallmccumesty Wants to Go

It's believed a castle existed at this site since the 12th century.

An unusually shaped lighthouse with origins rooted in heartbreak.

In 1990, this 37-foot red steel bottle sailed from New York to England.

Also known as the "Red Taj Mahal."

An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

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

An impromptu shrine appeared shortly after beloved "Torchwood" character Ianto Jones was killed off the show.

Attached to this castle is a local church.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.