The last operating synagogue in Afghanistan is run by Zablon Simintov, the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

Highly unusual subterranean stupa and adjacent cave monastery.

Rock-cut chamber at top of an outcroup, reached by a mountain stairway of forty steps.

Splashes of blue in an otherwise monotonous lunar landscape.

The West's first incursion into the Afghan world lies buried beneath a military base.

200-foot-high minaret and only remnant of Afghanistan's lost city of the Turquoise Mountain.

Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.

A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.

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

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

The world's largest Tibetan refugee settlement.

An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.

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

A centuries-old lookout post still sits atop a natural stone spire.

A nearly unconquerable island-fort in the Indian Ocean.

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

A centuries-old shrine where Indians pray for U.S. visas.

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

A peculiar idol to the Hindu King of Ghosts demands fine leather footwear in exchange for warding off evil.

Deep in the Thar desert, a temple crawling with thousands of holy rats.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

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

Worlds' largest inhabited river island.