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

Legend has it a commoner volunteered to be buried alive in the foundation so that the great fortress could be built.

This stunning 15th-century royal hill fort preserves the age of chivalry in Rajasthan.

A quartet of rusting satellite goliaths are all that remain of a communication network that protected Britain from German and Russian air strikes.

England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.

Founded in 670, this ancient mosque is an architectural time portal.

An ancient burial ground believed to have been used for ritual sacrifice.

A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'

Made famous by "Star Wars," these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.

Old and brave breed of warhorses known for their elegant, curved ears.

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

This small and unknown museum recounts the life of Mirabai, a remarkable mystic saint of the 16th century.

There are millions of temples in India, but only one prominent temple dedicated to the Hindu creator god.

This beautiful arched gate is all that remains of the fortress the ancient mountaintop town of Amadiya once was.

The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.

A complex of six forts embedded in the Rajasthan hills.

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

This magical place built as an astronomical center starred as a James Bond villain's lair.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

This impressive system of tanks was used to store drinking water as long as 2,000 years ago.

A mesmerizing reservoir nestled at the heart of a pre-Islamic Yemeni village.

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