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

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

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.”

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

Centuries of human activity have forged an eerie landscape of ruins and craters on an exposed and windswept hilltop.

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

This former military airfield's claim to fame came from a lucky accident during the Second World War.

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

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

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

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

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

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Arthur, Merlin, and Guinevere are among the largest and oldest satellite dishes on the planet.

The twists and turns of this serpentine maze are over 170 years old.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.

The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.

A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.

Britain's oldest and biggest hole in the ground.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.