Cardiff, Wales
Animal Wall at Cardiff Castle
Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.
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Cardiff, Wales
Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.
Caerphilly, Wales
The enormous earthwork sculpture honors the ponies that lived and worked in the old colliery.
Aberystwyth, Wales
The world's smallest movie theater runs on solar power—an attraction in itself.
Trevor, Wales
The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.
Moelfre, Wales
These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.
Wales
This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.
Cynghordy, Wales
One family's environment-friendly hobbit-house in Wales.
Gwynedd, Wales
A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."
Pembroke, Wales
A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.
Tintern, Wales
This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.
Pontarfynach, Wales
Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.
Ruthin, Wales
This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.
Denbigh, Wales
The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.
Llangennith, Wales
A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.
Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
These unknown Bronze Age earthworks are believed to be ancient burial mounds.
Whitehead, Northern Ireland
This Victorian-era walkway is just one of the many 19th-century treasures in Whitehead.
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
These sculptures honor the knights who once called Carrickfergus Castle their stronghold.
Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland
This massive basalt sea stack stands obtrusively from the rocky coastline.
Whitehead, Northern Ireland
Whimsical woolen creatures have taken over this historic Northern Ireland park.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
One of the largest lenses of its kind ever created, this former ship beacon has been brought down to Earth.
County Derry, Northern Ireland
A museum dedicated to the tragedy of Bloody Sunday.
Larne, Northern Ireland
This picturesque lighthouse at the edge of the Irish Sea looks like a giant stone pencil.