Scholar, adventurer, saint, and instigator of the Goa Inquisition.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

Known as the leaning temple, the sacred structure has somehow developed a severe nine-degree slant.

This bright pink Gandhi memorial was built so that sunshine hits a specific spot on his birthday.

A towering work of stone and philosophy that was constructed using ancient Hindu science.

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

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

Picnic on the seashore in the footsteps of ancient kings, protected by giant mythical cat beasts.

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

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

The oldest still-inhabited hill fort in India looks like a magnificent golden sandcastle.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.

An underground city of ancient quarry tunnels hid thousands of Allied soldiers in WWI.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

Fowl, love and death in Vietnam.