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

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

Known as the "Queen of Beach Markets," Calangute epitomizes Goa's beach flea market scene.

A nearly impregnable 16th-century fort is one of Goa's oldest.

This colorful colonial neighborhood in Panjim is one of the only Latin Quarters in Asia.

Considered one of the oldest surviving churches in Goa.

Once considered one of the three great Augustinian churches in the Iberian world.

When new viceroys were elected, they passed through this arch to cement the title.

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

The lone remnant of a 16th-century palace in Old Goa.

The last remaining colonial-era Italian church in Old Goa.

An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

This small museum once served as a royal hunting pavilion for King Otto Friedrich Ludwig.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

Beautiful and terrifying masks displayed in the island’s only mask library.

A Sri Lankan tea factory's ironic take on the Los Angeles landmark.

Does this 10-foot-tall statue carved into a rock face depict a king afflicted by a skin condition or a Buddhist figure?

This Sri Lankan cemetery is the final resting place of sci-fi legend Sir Arthur C. Clarke.

This sacred fig tree with a link to the Buddha is one of the oldest human-planted trees in the world.

This peaceful, round shrine in the middle of the Sri Lankan jungle acts as a beacon of peace.