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

The evocative ruins of a 1,000-year-old hill fort lie within a popular tiger reserve.

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

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.

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

The largest airborne operation in history was launched to capture this bridge.

An icon of International Style architecture on the outskirts of Rotterdam.

Walk through the history of a Dutch truck manufacturer, from 1928 to today.

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.

In the Netherlands, one of the world's largest private car collections can be found.

This towering church is home to a world-famous organ and a treasure trove of medieval art.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

In the heart of Tirana, this underground nuclear bunker has been transformed into a museum.

Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.