The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

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

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.

A site of natural wonder and flying coconuts in Samoa.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

The man who wasn't there.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.