This half-forgotten fortress was constructed by the Ottoman conqueror of Constantinople.

Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This 19th-century heritage building once housed a department store that supplied British provisions in the city.

A gigantic shoe, inspired by a nursery rhyme, sits in a park atop Mumbai’s Malabar Hill.

A tribute to the area's namesake and King Edward VII.

Located in the Horniman Circle area, this church marks the historical Zero Point of Mumbai.

Designed as a 17th-century watchtower, the former fort is now a popular sunset haunt.

Mumbai's angel.

An architectural marvel that combines Gothic architecture with Indian elements.

These animal carvings stand as a representation of India and Britain.

A 19th-century church in South Mumbai built to commemorate those who died in the First Anglo-Afghan War and the retreat from Kabul in 1842.

Tucked in Mumbai’s wealthiest neighborhood is one of the city’s oldest and most sacred sites: a temple complex believed to house the waters of the Ganges.

In Mumbai, a bright blue synagogue is the largest one for the Baghdadi Jewish community in Asia.

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

World's most expensive home.