This sprawling stronghold has been at the center of some of South India's bloodiest wars.

The potters' quarter is packed with artists sculpting clay gods with mud from the sacred Ganges river.

At this sweet shop, the descendants of a royal chef serve up the fudge-like dessert his ancestor invented for a king.

Nineteen ancient rock-cut Buddhist caves can be found on the outskirts of Mumbai.

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

The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.

The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.

A former bastion of Rajput chivalry, this massive hill fort is the site of legend and tragedy.

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

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

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

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

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.

Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

A natural wonder in south Denmark.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

This monument celebrates this shopping district's past history as a feudal silver mint.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Tragic reminders of the 1945 firebombing campaign over Tokyo still haunt this bridge.