Picnic on the seashore in the footsteps of ancient kings, protected by giant mythical cat beasts.

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

The painted and decorated towers of this Hindu shrine were once the tallest structures in one of the oldest cities in India.

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.

An extraordinary "City of Caves" carved from solid stone.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

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

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

This local art collective supports contemporary artists through a coveted residency program.

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

This tourist village in Nairobi celebrates the traditional lifestyles and customs of Kenyan tribes.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

Located in Nairobi National Park, this animal orphanage is the oldest of its kind in Kenya.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.