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

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

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

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.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

One man single-handedly dug a road right through a mountain after his wife died due to its interference.

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

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

A complex of six forts embedded in the Rajasthan hills.

The highest monastery in the world operates a tiny guesthouse with doors open to all.

Last stop before the top of the highest peak in the world.

This remote Himalayan temple is in danger of being completely washed away by a melting glacier.

One of the tallest mountains in India was closed for years after a botched CIA mission.

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

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

Megalithic monuments resembling magic mushrooms.

The world's largest banyan tree is followed by a community of worshippers.