Places siejoenl Wants to Go

The ruins of a once-grand mansion in Northern Ireland are now thought to be haunted.

This rare and ancient Christian relic is one of Ireland’s oldest freestanding stone crosses.

This Copper beech tree nestled on a nature reserve is host to a bevy of autographs from Irish literary icons.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

The painting on an aptly named street honors the 1980s slasher movie.

This 19th-century island fort built to protect against an invasion by sea.

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

Several land speed world records were shattered at this Welsh beach.

This pedestrian walkway cuts through a cemetery and over several burial vaults.

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.

The remains of a small medieval chapel mark the legendary birthplace of the patron saint of Wales.

Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.

Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

An abandoned quarrying village turned commune is now a hub for learning the Welsh language.

The only medieval bridge in Britain with its defensive tower still in tact.

A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.

Quirky Welsh observatory unites art and science.

A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.

The artist David Nash planted a circle of trees in 1977.

The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

The world’s only museum dedicated to baked beans.