Places r3ep353k Wants to Go

This gnarled old tree supposedly sprouted from seeds kept in the pocket of a 16th-century Spanish sailor.

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

Two ancient yew trees with a chapel and an altar built inside their hollow trunks.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

A small but industrious mining operation that allows visitors to touch precious gems while they are still in the rock.

This scenic road offers breathtaking mountain pass views and a quirky “magic road” illusion.

This stave church nestled in the Catskills was built in the 1960s by a community of Ukrainian immigrants and refugees.

A massive Celtic cross secretly growing in an Irish forest.

You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.

This Irish church has a striking circular design inspired by the ancient Grianán of Aileach.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

One could not be blamed for literally walking all over this supposed landmark.

Once a year a small English town gets together to chase oranges down a steep hill in honor of a legendary accident.

A historic holy well hidden near a charming English park.

According to folklore, this grave lies near the site of the “standing death” of one of Japan’s fiercest warriors.

This rock bore witness to the last pitched battle fought on British soil.

These exceptionally narrow openings between giant rocks will test your daring.

One of the largest megalithic complexes in England, which local legend holds is a wedding party turned to stone by the Devil.

In the middle of a barren moorland, the remnants of a lost British Space Age stand like a 20th-century Stonehenge.

A well-preserved 2nd century fort where moles are the archaeologists.

Only the headframes remain from this mining operation, once one of the largest in the region.

This sandstone tree trunk is a relic from a long-past era when England had a more tropical climate.