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

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

An impromptu shrine appeared shortly after beloved "Torchwood" character Ianto Jones was killed off the show.

Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

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

The artist David Nash planted a circle of trees in 1977.

The world’s only museum dedicated to baked beans.

The enormous earthwork sculpture honors the ponies that lived and worked in the old colliery.

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

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

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

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

The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.

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

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

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

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

One family's environment-friendly hobbit-house in Wales.

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

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

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.

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

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.