The tallest mountain in mainland Australia.

The mysterious empty cupola behind the monumental arch points to an ancient prophecy of Delhi.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

Half-size replica of the Taj Mahal.

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

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

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

An extraordinary "City of Caves" carved from solid stone.

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

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

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

The forgotten and tragic story of the thousands of female convicts forcibly transported to Tasmania is told inside the ruins of this notorious 19th-century workhouse.

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

It's beautiful, it's haunted and its claim to fame is that it's the oldest existing stone arch bridge in Australia.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

This museum is home to a sugar sculpture of the Berlin Airlift Memorial.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.