Ruins of St. Dwynwens Church, Ynys Llanddwyn, Wales Jan 25, 2024

Ynys Llanddwyn is a tiny tidal island which, at low tide, is attached to the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. Ynys means "island" in Welsh and Llanddwyn means "the church of Dwynwen," the country"s patron saint of lovers.

© Photos by R A Kearton/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jan 25, 2018Sami lavvu structures, Finnmark, Norway
Jan 25, 2019Fighting evil with costumes
Jan 25, 2020Happy New Year! (Again!)
Jan 25, 2021Struck by Southwestern beauty
Jan 25, 2022Saint Dwynwen s Day
Jan 25, 2023Burns Night
Jan 25, 2025Porto, Portugal
Jan 25, 2026Burns Night in Scotland

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Oct 24, 2023Füzér Castle in the Zemplén Mountains, Hungary
Jun 28, 2021A medieval celebration in the Mediterranean
Dec 22, 2018Night of the ‘Cold Moon’
Aug 11, 2023Edinburgh Art Festival
Dec 25, 2023Merry Christmas!
Apr 29, 2023Astronomy Day
Feb 6, 20262026 Winter Olympics
Apr 14, 2022Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
Mar 15, 2020Celebrating 200 years of statehood
Aug 1, 2020Where fire meets water
Sep 24, 2024Skaftafell, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland
Feb 12, 2023Blue-footed booby, Galápagos Islands
Sep 13, 2018They’re grrrape!
Dec 16, 2025Handmade gnomes at a Christmas market
Jun 6, 2020The long and wiggling path
Nov 18, 2019Swimming with the sea cows
Jan 16, 2019Up on the glacier
May 29, 2018The first ascent
May 5, 2024Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Jan 23, 2025Sundance Film Festival
Feb 25, 2026Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska
Dec 29, 2018When science looks like magic
Jan 14, 2026National Take the Stairs Day
Aug 17, 2024International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
Mar 3, 2020All eyes on sustainability
Jun 24, 2020Midsummer in Sweden
Mar 8, 2018Celebrate International Women’s Day
Nov 24, 2019Autumn in the cypress swamp
Feb 16, 2019It’s not a pinecone, it’s a pangolin
Dec 1, 2023Antarctica Day