Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

The influential philosopher's old residence is commemorated in a small English town.

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

A majestic mansion designed in Mughalai style, complete with a turquoise onion dome.

The home of an eccentric Edwardian gentleman is packed to the rafters with handcrafted items collected over a lifetime.

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

Britain's answer to the NSA is based out of this deliciously-named circular headquarters.

An English cenotaph honoring an American feminist icon.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.