This incredible viaduct was part of the Victorian railway boom and helped the Midland Railway navigate tough terrain.

On this small spit of land, the person who runs the public house is considered the King of Piel Island.

These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.

One of the highest Roman forts in Britain is set amid dramatic scenery on a notoriously difficult road.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

A memorial to American oil drillers who volunteered to travel secretly to England in 1943 and work in the U.K.'s only oil field.

English Protestants once criticized this enormous private chapel for being too ornate.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

This small sculpture honors a shuttered bookshop that was the site of a fiery act of protest.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

This Norman church survived the Reformation before suffering 300 years of neglect.

In England, a barn-turned-wedding venue dates back to the 13th century.

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.