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

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

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

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

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.

The world’s largest permanent desert lake is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.

Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.

Africa's Venice on stilts.

He’s not from around here.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

The world's longest known cave system.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.