This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

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

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.

A bulky, ancient stupa marks the site of Siddhartha Gautama's seminal Buddhist teaching.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

Time has stopped at the house where Gandhi died.

A museum of puppets and puppetry covering all Asian styles.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The busy transport hub is home to the tallest airport slide in the world.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

A safe place for the wild donkeys of a hot vacation destination.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.