Places Ovrdoseofdanger Wants to Go

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Places I want to go

Places on this traveler's wishlist.

Hore Abbey.

Cashel, Ireland

Hore Abbey

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

Inside the ruins of the old priory.

Kilkenny, Ireland

Kells Priory

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

Athenry Dominican Priory.

Athenry, Ireland

Athenry Dominican Priory

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

This photograph was taken from an open Stope which was one of four on this site. Under the wooden planks here there was a large opening where Ore once was many years ago. One fall down here and it is game over.

Sligo, Ireland

Benbulben Barite Mine

The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.

MV Plassy in 1962

Inisheer, Ireland

MV Plassy

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

The first photograph which I took which shows how big this building actually was. The landowner told me that he tries to do as much as possible to keep it from decaying further but can not afford to do any serious work.

Wexford, Ireland

Castleboro House

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

A low level view of the Track bed looking back at the South Entrance to the Bridge.

Kilkenny, Ireland

Old Red Iron Bridge

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

The ferryman statue
Permanently Closed

Wicklow, Ireland

Victor’s Way Indian Sculpture Park

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

Neponsit Health Care Center
Permanently Closed

Queens, New York

Neponsit Health Care Center

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

Aerial shot of the field

Lincoln, Massachusetts

Ponyhenge

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

U.S.S. Albacore

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

U.S.S. Albacore

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

Catacombs of Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Catacombs of Washington, D.C.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

The tower of books.

Washington, D.C.

Lincoln Book Tower

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

Shrine to Anglers

Hayward, Wisconsin

Shrine to Anglers

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

The "Chamber Hodag" in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.

Rhinelander, Wisconsin

The Hodag

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

One of the massive steel dragons.

Marshfield, Wisconsin

Jurustic Park

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

Gorilla Building

Tokyo, Japan

Gorilla Building

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.