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

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

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

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

On the Pakistan-India border the militaries perform an elaborate theater of aggression each and every night.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.