This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

An astounding 13th-century architectural and historical achievement

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

The world's largest Tibetan refugee settlement.

World's tallest monolithic statue has served as a pilgrimage site since its completion in 993 CE.

At 8,000 feet, the world's highest tea estate draws visitors for both its products and its panoramic views.

According to Hindu belief, this shallow island chain was created by a god with an army of monkeys.

The best-preserved Roman site in India.

This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.

A once-stately trading fort is now a ruin slowly being consumed by the sea.

This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.

Picnic on the seashore in the footsteps of ancient kings, protected by giant mythical cat beasts.

An effigy of the deity emerges from a temple's water every 40 years.

The painted and decorated towers of this Hindu shrine were once the tallest structures in one of the oldest cities in India.

This Gothic-style church is reputedly built atop the remains of one of Jesus's apostles.

The first English fort built in India.

A gray market run by Burmese Indians offers a portal to a forgotten period in history.

One-room museum dedicated to India's most enigmatic mathematician.

The world's largest bust sculpture celebrates the Hindu deity, Shiva.

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

The Kaveri River cuts through the rocky terrain then drops off to form these misty falls.

Inside a beautiful Indian temple is a seemingly magical floating pillar that doesn't touch the ground.

India’s only Brain Museum displays over 200 fascinating ways that your brain might kill you.