A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

The large rock formation where the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa stood and encouraged his warriors during the Battle of Tippecanoe.

The English bed-and-breakfast believed to have inspired Emily Brontë's novel "Wuthering Heights."

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

Legend says squeezing into this slender stone seat will make your wish come true.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.

This stained-glass window in an English church bears the coat of arms of George Washington's family.

At 1,732 feet above sea level, this spectacularly isolated yet surprisingly bustling bar is the highest pub in Britain.

A winding medieval path was used by mourners to carry their dead to the nearest church.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

A steep and winding road in the Yorkshire Dales passes by these deep natural potholes.

The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

This sculpture marks the spot where one of the greatest Roman rulers was proclaimed emperor.

The little-known second castle that William the Conqueror built in York.