Hidden in the shadow of a rocky fortress is one concubine’s long-forgotten legacy.

This stunning 15th-century royal hill fort preserves the age of chivalry in Rajasthan.

The beautiful 16th-century stepwell lies in the shadow of a famous fortress.

Ornate, dome-topped cenotaphs fill this royal crematorium.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

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

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

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

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The city of Manchester quietly unveiled this tribute to a 19th-century massacre.

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.