Places remcrae Wants to Go

The place of worship for Zoroastrians, Mumbai's Parsi fire temples use fire and ash for purification.

A Zoroastrian funerary tower where excarnation rituals are carried out is threatened by the area's dwindling vulture population.

A ruined hilltop watch base in the Aravalli ridge above Jaipur, where broken fort walls and a forgotten lookout overlook Man Sagar Lake, reachable only by scrambling through cactus-covered desert trails.

Ornate, dome-topped cenotaphs fill this royal crematorium.

This opulent 16th-century Maharaja’s palace is a unique mix of Hindu and Muslim designs.

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

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

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

Abandoned substation turned village treasure.

The largest manmade caves in Europe now function as a motorbike club's headquarters.

This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.

A scattered cemetery of medieval tombstones, each carved with indivdual patterns and scenes, overlooking a bright blue lake.

Water gushes from the trunk of this miraculous mulberry tree about once a year.

Here lies a legend of three sisters, all in love with the same mariner.

The only known mosaic depicting the Greek god of sleep, Hypnos.

Its frescoes depict the likeness of Marshal Tito, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels burning in hell.

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.