Places mossenmoons Wants to Go

The oldest café in Montevideo preserves its history as the city's bohemian hub.

An underexplored, 130-foot tropical waterfall that you will have all to yourself.

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

The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.

This tower is all that remains of a once-famed chapel.

Neolithic burial chambers hidden beside a village school.

A holy well believed to have healing powers.

According to legend, King Arthur killed a beast that dwelled beneath the waters of this Welsh lake.

A little-known castle set in a nature reserve.

A section of a historic wooden trestle viaduct is preserved next to the railway line it once carried.

This ancient abbey now lies in majestic ruin behind a caravan park.

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

This 1776 beacon on the coast of Wales is said to have a ghost called Raymond, the last lighthouse keeper.

This ancient castle has been abandoned since the Edwardian conquest of Wales.

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

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

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

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

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

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

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

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

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

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