The octagonal tower at this important Buddhist site was added many years after the temple's initial construction.

These bridges were designed to guide the soul on its spiritual journey to heaven.

Liquor and flowers mark a holy site for Indian motorcycle riders.

No cyclone yet has been able to topple this rugged Indian lighthouse.

A small town in Rajasthan has been dubbed the "City of Stepwells," and Raniji ki Baori is the queen.

Camera cars and condom bikes built from scrap and one man's passion.

Once where royalty entertained guests, this opulent table is now one of the longest in the world.

Legend has it a commoner volunteered to be buried alive in the foundation so that the great fortress could be built.

This Jewish bakery, among the last in the region, sells legendary sweets from a century-old storefront.

The largest tiger reserve in India is a vast expanse dotted with ancient ruins of Nagarjuna Viswa Vidyalayam.

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

A centuries-old lookout post still sits atop a natural stone spire.

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

This museum offers a journey back to the Belle Epoque era of Romania.

17th century palace once a meeting place for politicians.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

The oldest wind turbine in Europe, constructed by a group of friends in 1932.