This Welsh dockyard was the site of the not-so-secret construction of the Millennium Falcon for the original Star Wars trilogy.

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

Estimated to be more than 5,000 years old, this yew may be Britain’s oldest.

In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.

This ancient castle has been abandoned since the Edwardian conquest of Wales.

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

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

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

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

The stately remains of Llywelyn the Great's mighty fortress.

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

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.

Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.

These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.