This temple was constructed entirely by Roman soldiers.

A series of idealized caves carved to entertain guests.

A stone copper was sculpted on the wall of the Carlisle Cathedral to honor a local hero.

Also known as "Robin Hood's tree," this tree became a famed location along Hadrian's Wall before it was cut down in an act of vandalism.

In the middle of a barren moorland, the remnants of a lost British Space Age stand like a 20th-century Stonehenge.

This 19th-century island fort built to protect against an invasion by sea.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

In a boatyard near Aberdyfi is a nautically inspired work of art.

A modest stone circle in North Wales.

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

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

This mural honoring a drowned village has become a symbol of Welsh pride and patriotism.

A Neolithic tomb hidden among a spectacular boulder-strewn stretch of coast.

Eerily lifelike effigies stare at everyone who enters this sanctuary.

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

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

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

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

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

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.