The only Welsh resort ahead of Barmouth in the hand-picked list of the UK’s best seaside towns was New Quay, Ceredigion.

Bellefonte, a picturesque community tucked away in Centre County, Pennsylvania, stands as living proof that retirement dreams don’t require a lottery win or a tech company IPO.

That’s Baraboo – a hidden gem in Wisconsin’s Sauk County where charm isn’t manufactured but naturally occurring, like the morning dew on the rolling hills that embrace this picturesque community.