Places Jfmcl Wants to Go

A modest stone circle in North Wales.

An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.

Led Zeppelin wrote some of their most iconic songs at this little 18th-century Welsh cottage.

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

The only medieval bridge in Britain with its defensive tower still in tact.

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

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

This 19th-century island fort built to protect against an invasion by sea.

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

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

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

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

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

Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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