Competitors race wooden replicas of pungent blue cheese.

This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

The Natural History Museum that time forgot.

This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.

Known as the Hintz House, this medieval pharmacy has been an apothecary's haven for nearly 450 years.

Several rooms flooded with 35mm film reel.

This tiny triangular cottage is one of a kind in England, and has housed everything from a watchmaker's studio to coffin storage.

Every May, townspeople welcome summer with a bizarre pagan parade led by a man wrapped in garlands.

A tribute to the first human in space.

A cluster of headless, armless sculptures looms within a popular Polish park.

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.

This 16th-century pole was once used in brutal public executions.

An abandoned football stadium with a tragic past.

An impressive monument to Poland's independence.

This plaque in one of London's oldest public hospitals commemorates the first meeting of two of Britain's most famous literary heroes: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

Visit the remains of a 19th-century defensive fort on the British coast.

One of the oldest surviving buildings in Colchester dates back to the 11th century.

Dating back to the early 12th century, this is the first Augustinian priory established in England.

A comprehensive museum dedicated to Africa's oldest modern republic.

Empty since 1989, now falling into ruin.