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

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.

This 17th-century pub once had a hole in its wall so the neighboring blacksmith could easily access beer.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

This unusual rock looks like a giant, otherworldly mushroom sprouting atop a cave.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.

The original resting place of Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony's only daughter.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to the legendary King Alfred the Great.

The abstract sandstone rock formations at this Algerian national park are rich with prehistoric art.

This former cathedral is now a bustling library packed with students and pigeons.

This dizzying span over the ancient Algerian city was once the highest suspension bridge in the world.

A true Valhalla for cactus and succulent lovers.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Ancient Bronze Age rampart that was used into the middle ages.

France's Lilliputian park displays over 100 of the country's monuments for visitor perusal.