An abandoned quarrying village turned commune is now a hub for learning the Welsh language.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

Quirky Welsh observatory unites art and science.

The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.

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

The world’s only museum dedicated to baked beans.

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

This former Welsh metal factory is now a lovely abandoned relic but was once one of the industry's world leaders.

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

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

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

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

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

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

Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

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

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.

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

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