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Nestled among the artifacts of the National Crafts Museum, this hidden gem offers hard-to-find regional foods from all over India.

Siddhartha Gautama sat here and received enlightenment.

Temples adorned with intricate, erotic sculptures make up one of the "seven wonders" of India.

This ancient Hindu temple is covered in thousands of colorful statues and has a long mythological history.

This otherworldly palace-mausoleum complex is the stuff eternal dreams are made of.

A mecca for India's Jains.

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

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

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

Nepal is home to the world’s tallest Shiva statue.

The spot where Parvati convinced Shiva to marry her, has become a pilgrimage site for married and unmarried women.

This representation of Lord Vishnu is the largest stone sculpture in Nepal.

Jumping-off point for a climb up Mt. Everest is the most dangerous airport in the world.

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

It's believed these prehistoric individuals were the victims of cannibalism.

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

Stop by, and you'll receive a map to two well-preserved ancient petroglyph sites.

Head to the mountains to catch a glimpse of Spain's endangered subspecies of brown bear.

A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.

A controversial art piece that harkens back to local folklore.

This Bronze Age man spent millennia buried in a mine, giving his bones an eerie hue.

See replicas of Europe's most famous cave paintings and even some of the animals that feature in the art.

A cheese discovery made by shepherds became the pride of a region.

This underwater graveyard commemorates a group of murdered 16th-century missionaries.