Places Shastified Wants to Go

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

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

An outstanding and haunting glimpse of the horrors of the Great Famine of Ireland.

Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.

This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.

The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

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

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

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

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

Fifty years of contamination in Scotland's waters.

This ethereal, rainforest-like gorge is home to waterfalls, quaint bridges, and fairy folk.

A bay of elaborate, historic toilets are held in high esteem at this Scottish dock.

This abandoned oil depot produces world's longest echo in a manmade structure.

Wonderfully preserved Victorian factory, complete with a preserved steam powered engine house.

The only fixed chain and post trail in Scotland snakes its way along the base of a towering seaside cliff.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.