Places raquel9e Wants to Go

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.

In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

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

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.