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

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

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

This lavish estate recalls the opulent history of Calcutta.

A monument to the British doctor who connected mosquitoes to malaria.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

Camera cars and condom bikes built from scrap and one man's passion.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

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

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.