Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

Local legends say that fairies used to dance in the moonlight here and invite handsome young men into their grottoes.

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

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

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

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

A modest stone circle in North Wales.

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

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

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

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

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

Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

The remains of a small medieval chapel mark the legendary birthplace of the patron saint of Wales.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.

A Neolithic tomb hidden among a spectacular boulder-strewn stretch of coast.

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

An unusual monument to a 19th-century circus star.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.

Mysterious chains and iron stakes adorn this strange grave, with no explanation.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

The lake that fills and empties itself at random.