Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

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

An amazing collection of curiosities hidden in a small Welsh village.

Legends say that this small island was the final resting place of the Welsh saint of lovers.

This former Welsh metal factory is now a lovely abandoned relic but was once one of the industry's world leaders.

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

The world's smallest movie theater runs on solar power—an attraction in itself.

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

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.

The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

The enormous earthwork sculpture honors the ponies that lived and worked in the old colliery.

Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.

The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.

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

After years of slow decline, a derelict Gothic castle is now being restored to life.

These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.

One of the world's oldest trees comes with a Welsh legend intertwining it with a spirit prophesying death.

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.

This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.