Known as the wettest place on earth.

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

Fifteen Jodhpur queens left their handprints before going to their fiery death.

Deep in the Thar desert, a temple crawling with thousands of holy rats.

This stunning 15th-century royal hill fort preserves the age of chivalry in Rajasthan.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

One of the biggest markets in Asia, under one of the continent's largest domes.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

The bank's whimsical shape was inspired by a child’s toy.

This Bangkok high-rise looks like a rudimentary LEGO elephant.

Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

In the Middle Ages, villagers would sound this stone trumpet to boost fertility and coax fish to shore.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

A monument to the bloody fight against fascism in Slovakia during World War II.

A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.