This landmark overlooking Ramsbottom pays homage to Sir Robert Peel, repealer of the Corn Laws.

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

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet your wish will be granted.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

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

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

A man's home is his castle.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.