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

Legend has it a commoner volunteered to be buried alive in the foundation so that the great fortress could be built.

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

This opulent 16th-century Maharaja’s palace is a unique mix of Hindu and Muslim designs.

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

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

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

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

Ornate, dome-topped cenotaphs fill this royal crematorium.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.

Inaugurated in 1921, this is one of many statues in France dedicated to the people who died during World War I for their country.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

The world's oldest known salt mine.

A public work of art that also provides some relief from the summer heat.