Denbighshire, Wales
Castell Dinas Bran
These precariously placed ruins harken back to a 13th-century castle.
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Denbighshire, Wales
These precariously placed ruins harken back to a 13th-century castle.
Rudbaxton, Wales
Eerily lifelike effigies stare at everyone who enters this sanctuary.
Hay-on-Wye, Wales
In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.
Milford Haven, Wales
This 19th-century island fort built to protect against an invasion by sea.
Saint Fagans, Wales
Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.
Aberystwyth, Wales
The world's smallest movie theater runs on solar power—an attraction in itself.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.
Llandudno, Wales
One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”
Conwy, Wales
A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.
Trevor, Wales
The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.
Haverfordwest, Wales
A wildlife paradise, this island is one of the world’s most important habitats for burrow nesting seabirds.
Pontywaun, Wales
An amazing collection of curiosities hidden in a small Welsh village.
Denbigh, Wales
Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.
Moelfre, Wales
These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.
Caerphilly, Wales
The enormous earthwork sculpture honors the ponies that lived and worked in the old colliery.
Amlwch, Wales
The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.
Abergele, Wales
One of the world's oldest trees comes with a Welsh legend intertwining it with a spirit prophesying death.
Llandudno, Wales
The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.
Wales
This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.
Abergele, Wales
After years of slow decline, a derelict Gothic castle is now being restored to life.
Pembroke, Wales
A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.
Caerleon, Wales
This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.