The hall of fame for circus performers.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

The cheese slicer may be a Norwegian invention, but the biggest ones in the world are found in Sweden.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Fine dining 20 feet below the surface in the Indian Ocean.

A historic shipbuilding town is home to a sail-through fish-and-chips shop.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

This public observatory is home to the "celestial cannon," the longest pointable telescope in the world.

Constructed in 1892, this Hinesville jail is now an art gallery.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

At this historic pub, you can sit back, sip, and watch a whole century go by.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.