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10 of 10 places
Its main temple was deliberately designed to blend Hindu, Christian and Islamic motifs in a single structure.
Rani Rashmoni spent eight years building this Kali temple, where the mystic Ramakrishna served as head priest.
Not one nut or bolt holds its main span together. Every joint is riveted, and it is among the world's busiest cantilever bridges.
Founded in 1814, India's oldest and largest museum keeps an Egyptian mummy among its treasures.
Rabindranath Tagore was born in this 1784 mansion, and writers and artists from around the world still come to see it.
A 19th-century mansion full of European sculptures and chandeliers that is still someone's home, so visitors arrange permission at least 24 hours ahead.
Modelled on Akbar's tomb at Sikandra, built by a wealthy Kutchi Memon trader, with a prayer hall for over 10,000 worshippers.
Established in 1767, an open-air museum of colonial history, with the tombs of notable British and European figures.
Earthquakes damaged it in 1897 and again in 1934, and after the second, its tower and spire were rebuilt in a slightly different design.
Built entirely from Makrana marble, from the same Rajasthan quarry that supplied the Taj Mahal.