Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.

Largest cave system in Africa.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

Several land speed world records were shattered at this Welsh beach.

During this yearly Welsh swimming race, competitors tread through the fetid waters of a bog trench.

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

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.

A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.

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

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

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

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

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

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

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

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