So, my 15 year old son and I just got back from spending 2 months in Europe. We "slow traveled" through Switzerland, France and the UK. We saw the Swiss Alps, the beaches of Normandy, the U.S. Cemetery in Normandy, worked on a horse ranch in France, walked the decks of the Cutty Sark, stood in the spot where Anne Boleyn realized Henry probably qualified as an abusive husband, rode the London subway (that's "The Tube" to you 'mericans) and saw a London cabbie try to pick a fight with a tiny little girl on a scooter, walked the set where they made all the Harry Potter movies and ate lunch on Baker Street (of 221 B fame). We-had-a-ball!
I'm not sure the qualifies as "Badassity" but I will say it never would have been possible pre MMM.