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

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

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

On the Pakistan-India border the militaries perform an elaborate theater of aggression each and every night.

This Gothic-style church is reputedly built atop the remains of one of Jesus's apostles.

These medieval funerary monuments are now home to a colony of critically endangered vultures.

This bright pink Gandhi memorial was built so that sunshine hits a specific spot on his birthday.

Designed to serve primarily the Maharaja, this is an interesting variation on the traditional stepped well.

This magnificent 18th-century hall consists of a maze of nearly a thousand interconnected passages.

An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.

This stoic bronze soldier stands as a symbol of Russian sacrifice or Soviet oppression, or maybe both.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

Legend says lovers who hold hands while venturing along this stone jetty and kiss at the end will remain together forever.

This soviet pilot's graveyard is filled with headstones made of airplane fins.

This abandoned fighter jet launch center is now a haunting street racing course.

Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.

A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.