Siddhartha Gautama sat here and received enlightenment.

A deeply beautiful 15th-century stepwell with a tragic story.

Fifteen Jodhpur queens left their handprints before going to their fiery death.

The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.

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

The largest tiger reserve in India is a vast expanse dotted with ancient ruins of Nagarjuna Viswa Vidyalayam.

The oldest still-inhabited hill fort in India looks like a magnificent golden sandcastle.

The Indian capital of black magic and witchcraft.

An eclectic mix of influences rot together in harmony in this India necropolis.

Temples adorned with intricate, erotic sculptures make up one of the "seven wonders" of India.

This hilltop warren of monastic dwellings is the result of centuries worth of Mongol attacks.

Hidden in the shadow of a rocky fortress is one concubine’s long-forgotten legacy.

This magnificent stepwell is designed as an inverted temple and adorned with 1,500 sculptures.

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

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

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

These giant volcano sponges in Antarctica are thought to be the world's oldest living animal, at 15,000 years old.

The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.