Places NixOfNowhere Wants to Go

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

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

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

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

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

An Irish peat mine has become a stunning sculpture park.

The remains of a 13th-century Franciscan friary have survived multiple attempts at destruction, most recently in 1921.

A diminutive, thousand-year-old church believed to be the smallest in Ireland.

A stunning medieval castle owned and restored by the famed actor Jeremy Irons.

Fantastic stainless steel dragon gates complete with mesh wings.

The eerie remains of one of Ireland's oldest castles, said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who brings ill fate.

These Neolithic burial mounds and a still-intact passage tomb may have solar calendar significance on the spring and autumn equinoxes.

A 300-year-old cottage decorated with tens of thousands of seashells arranged in intricate patterns.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

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

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

A remarkably intact castle that once was the largest in Ireland.