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

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

One family's environment-friendly hobbit-house in Wales.

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

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

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

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

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

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

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

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

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

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

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

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

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

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

A tiny island off the coast of Dublin was once a pilgrimage site for the sick and the suffering.

“Ireland’s only inland lighthouse” is not actually a lighthouse at all.

A well-preserved, 19th-century Irish workhouse recounts a grim time in the country’s history.

Ireland’s northernmost pub.

Both Catholic and Protestant graves dot this 17th-century burial ground.

Some of the best renditions of traditional British dishes can be found on the site of a 15th-century inn.