The Kaveri River cuts through the rocky terrain then drops off to form these misty falls.

Inside the dome of this gigantic, Saturn-shaped building is one of the largest planetariums in Asia.

Scholar, adventurer, saint, and instigator of the Goa Inquisition.

World's tallest monolithic statue has served as a pilgrimage site since its completion in 993 CE.

This weekly bazaar started in the 1960s as a way for hippie travelers to barter their goods.

This magnificent 18th-century hall consists of a maze of nearly a thousand interconnected passages.

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.