Happy birthday, @lphilpot! I know it’s a bit early, but better than late. 
I completely agree. While some don’t need a reason (and good for them, of course), I most definately do — all of my hikes have an ‘end goal,’ whether that be a 5,000 year-old burial tomb, or more modern-day wonder. That iron-age hillfort I visited also has a beutiful old church there; it’s a ruin, now, but still worth the treck. I’ll take some pictures next time and share them (it may sound odd to all you landscape people, but as ‘street photographer’ it doesn’t come natural for me to do so).