Places StepYoshi Wants to Go

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.

Quirky Welsh observatory unites art and science.

A wildlife paradise, this island is one of the world’s most important habitats for burrow nesting seabirds.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

The stately remains of Llywelyn the Great's mighty fortress.

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.