A 17th-century mosque that was used for war more than worship.

This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

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

Massive fortress bastions in the desert of Cholistan.

These stairs were built to accommodate royals mounted on elephants.

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

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

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

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

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

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."