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

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

Each year a new straw behemoth is born.

Legends say that this small island was the final resting place of the Welsh saint of lovers.

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

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

Britain's only artificial surfing lake is nestled in the beautiful mountains of Wales.

An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

One of the world's oldest trees comes with a Welsh legend intertwining it with a spirit prophesying death.

After years of slow decline, a derelict Gothic castle is now being restored to life.