Places Braecrest Wants to Go

This ancient castle has been abandoned since the Edwardian conquest of Wales.

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

This 19th-century monument served an important purpose for fishermen thanks to its built-in barometer.

These stones mark 200 years of friendship between Britain and France following the Napoleonic Wars.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

In northeastern Poland, the ruins of a massive granary overlook the Narew River.

The final resting place of the last "gypsy king" of Poland.

A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.

The final resting place of more than 200,000 people, this is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

This carved memorial is dedicated to the miners who died working in the town's collieries.

This memorial commemorates a defining 16th-century battle between English and Scottish forces.

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

Pirates had to be ousted from the land where this now ruined Louisiana fortress was built.

This once-majestic, now-abandoned Victorian castle has seen better days.

The site of the first international football match.

The healing properties of this well attracted royals and commoners throughout the Middle Ages.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.

Andrew Carnegie funded the building of almost 3,000 libraries across the world, this was the first.