Mont Saint-Michel, France
Mont Saint-Michel
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
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Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Cape Town, South Africa
Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.
L'Agulhas, South Africa
This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.
Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Largest cave system in Africa.
Cape Town, South Africa
Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.
Cape Town, South Africa
This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.
Pendine, Wales
Several land speed world records were shattered at this Welsh beach.
Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales
During this yearly Welsh swimming race, competitors tread through the fetid waters of a bog trench.
Pembrey, Wales
This former military airfield's claim to fame came from a lucky accident during the Second World War.
Llandudno, Wales
One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.
Cardiff, Wales
The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.
Rhayader, Wales
A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.
Caernarfon, Wales
A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.
Cardiff, Wales
Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.
Trevor, Wales
The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.
Haverfordwest, Wales
A wildlife paradise, this island is one of the world’s most important habitats for burrow nesting seabirds.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.
Caernarfon, Wales
The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.
Borth, Wales
A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.
Tintern, Wales
This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.
Pontarfynach, Wales
Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.
Gwynedd, Wales
A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."