This small village museum contains the schoolboy scratchings of William Wordsworth.

This giant weaving shuttle celebrates Lancashire's importance during the Industrial Revolution.

It houses a menagerie of wondrous taxidermy specimens from around the world, including the remains of a famous gorilla.

Legend has it the famous Robin Hood would attend mass at this 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Sherwood Forrest.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

A wooden statue of a mermaid commemorates one fisherman's generosity.

Ospreys visit this location every year to nest.

The remains of a 13th-century stronghold built by the Welsh prince known as Llywelyn the Last.

A museum dedicated to Wales’ favorite—and strangest-looking—watercraft.

A grand mansion in rural mid-Wales gifted to the Welsh people by two sisters.

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

Tucked among the sand dunes overlooking a Welsh beach, a real-life tribute to a fictional elf.

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

This 1776 beacon on the coast of Wales is said to have a ghost called Raymond, the last lighthouse keeper.

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

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

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

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

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.

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