A humble ancient well where Scottish knight, Sir William Wallace, took his final drink.

A magnificent tomb that was the final resting place of the Dukes of Hamilton.

This Arcadian garden in the Pentland Hills boasts over 270 artworks by Scottish artist and poet, Ian Hamilton Finlay.

A small literary museum remembers the life and works of the author of The Thirty-Nine Steps.

This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.

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

A glacial pothole was once a hideout for a notorious Scottish outlaw.

The world's first and only museum dedicated to dachshunds.

Sweden's oldest street has not changed for nearly a millennium.

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

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

A small waterfall tucked away in the forest of Harmby Gill.

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

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

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.

A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

Believed to be the remains of the lost Temple of Minerva, this nymphaeum has been known by its misnomer to this day.

The center of Stockholm can be found along this quiet street.

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

One of the only places where Earth’s mantle lies above water.

On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.