Gansbaai, South Africa
Shark Cage Diving in Gansbaai
An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?
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Gansbaai, South Africa
An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?
Porto, Portugal
The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.
Portugal
A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Lisbon, Portugal
Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.
Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Fairbourne, Wales
A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.
Rudbaxton, Wales
Eerily lifelike effigies stare at everyone who enters this sanctuary.
Milford Haven, Wales
This 19th-century island fort built to protect against an invasion by sea.
Cardiff, Wales
This pedestrian walkway cuts through a cemetery and over several burial vaults.
Pontywaun, Wales
An amazing collection of curiosities hidden in a small Welsh village.
Kilgetty, Wales
Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.
Llithfaen, Wales
An abandoned quarrying village turned commune is now a hub for learning the Welsh language.
Monmouth, Wales
The only medieval bridge in Britain with its defensive tower still in tact.
Llandudno, Wales
One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.
Caernarfon, Wales
A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.
Port Talbot, Wales
The world’s only museum dedicated to baked beans.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.
Caerphilly, Wales
The enormous earthwork sculpture honors the ponies that lived and worked in the old colliery.
Conwy, Wales
A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.