Kolkata’s only Portuguese church has a curious link with chickens.

This overlooked Japanese Buddhist temple is a respite from the bustle of Kolkata.

The site of an atrocity that would be used to justify Britain’s conquest of India.

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

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

An eclectic mix of influences rot together in harmony in this India necropolis.

A historic holy well hidden near a charming English park.

Yup, that's a 330-foot yacht passing over the highway.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

The largest masonic lodge in Cuba.

The enormous smoke hides within a little known, semi-secret exhibit inside Havana's Morro Castle Historic Park.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.