Siddhartha Gautama sat here and received enlightenment.

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

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

An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.

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

The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.

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

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

The Indian capital of black magic and witchcraft.

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

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

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

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

This abandoned fort is said to be the most haunted place in India, so much so that entry is prohibited after sunset.

An extraordinary "City of Caves" carved from solid stone.

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

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

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

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.

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

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

The spot where the first living specimen of the coelacanth was discovered.

A monument with a complex history dedicated to one of South Africa's greatest heroes.

Artillery recovered from the sea floor marks the spot of an extraordinary shipwreck.