A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

The oldest Hindu temple complex in Nepal serves as the seat of Nepal’s national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.

Nailing a coin to this holy stump is just another way to ask the gods for relief from dental pain.

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

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

There are millions of temples in India, but only one prominent temple dedicated to the Hindu creator god.

A small town in Rajasthan has been dubbed the "City of Stepwells," and Raniji ki Baori is the queen.

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

Ornate, dome-topped cenotaphs fill this royal crematorium.

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

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

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

This Sri Lankan cemetery is the final resting place of sci-fi legend Sir Arthur C. Clarke.

To gaze upon the visage of Sri Lanka's biggest Buddha, one must first pass through the Tunnel of Hell.

A neglected bell tower in modern Colombo is a symbol of the city's colonial past.

The first and only planetarium in Sri Lanka.

This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.

Pettah's beautiful floating market was once a stinky canal in a sketchy industrial area.

A Bohemian "anti-hotel" offers off-kilter stays in Sri Lanka.

Morocco's largest Jewish cemetery.

The oldest monument in Marrakesh and the city's only surviving example of Almoravid architecture.