Local history holds that a young woman, killed for a crime she did not commit, cursed this island.

These medieval funerary monuments are now home to a colony of critically endangered vultures.

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

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.

At this sweet shop, the descendants of a royal chef serve up the fudge-like dessert his ancestor invented for a king.

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

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

Looking strangely like Rome's Colosseum, this unfinished tower has dominated the skyline for over 100 years.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

Following years of secrecy, the hidden history of a World War II site is being brought to light.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

A monument with a strange legend involving a horse's tongue.

A rather grand, but tiny, folly on the banks of the River Wear associated with a Polish count.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

A giant piece of cutlery designed to remind us about the origins of our food.