Every year, massive crowds flock to this 300-year-old temple to celebrate a unique, goddess-centric Hindu festival.

This basalt temple in the center of Pune was built more than 250 years ago.

In Kolkata's China Town, a temple to the Hindu goddess Kali.

For more than 70 years, this small shop has been a go-to for Kolkata's fountain pen connoisseurs and collectors.

This disputed mass of ice is home to the highest battleground on Earth.

This colorful colonial neighborhood in Panjim is one of the only Latin Quarters in Asia.

Over 3 miles up in the Himalayas this pass is one of the highest drivable roads in the world.

On the Pakistan-India border the militaries perform an elaborate theater of aggression each and every night.

The world's largest human gathering is held at the confluence of three sacred rivers, one of which is mythical.

The village where the park and museum are located is also the third-biggest hatchery of dinosaurs discovered.

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

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

For just a few hours each morning, this market serves specialties from the city's shrinking Chinese-Indian community.

This rare basalt crater lake is used to study the Moon and Mars.

Ancient traditions and surreal birdwatching come into sharp relief along one of the world's most polluted rivers.

This 11th-century temple gave rise to the word "juggernaut," as well as some mysteries that defy scientific explanation.

The roof of one of the world’s largest spice markets provides a grand view over the neighborhood's glorious bustle.

Known as the leaning temple, the sacred structure has somehow developed a severe nine-degree slant.

World's most expensive home.

These medieval funerary monuments are now home to a colony of critically endangered vultures.

This otherworldly palace-mausoleum complex is the stuff eternal dreams are made of.

Remote town home to Himachalis, Israelis, and tons of hashish.

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

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