A former bastion of Rajput chivalry, this massive hill fort is the site of legend and tragedy.

In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.