Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

A modest stone circle in North Wales.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

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

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

The stately remains of Llywelyn the Great's mighty fortress.

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

These precariously placed ruins harken back to a 13th-century castle.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

This 6th-century church honors St. Tudno, the patron saint of Llandudno.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.