Worlds' largest inhabited river island.

This abandoned palace and the stupas around it conceal beautiful Buddhist frescoes, statues, and silk paintings.

This sprawling stronghold has been at the center of some of South India's bloodiest wars.

Kolkata’s only Portuguese church has a curious link with chickens.

This deserted palace is one of the finest examples of Indo-Islamic architecture in India.

A towering work of stone and philosophy that was constructed using ancient Hindu science.

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

This temple contains what might be the world's oldest optical illusion.

This reserve is the only place in the world where you can see the Barasingha swamp deer in the wild.

A pair of nearly 1,000-year-old temples profusely covered in meticulous stone carvings.

The site of an atrocity that would be used to justify Britain’s conquest of India.

A giant repository of accidentally discovered cave paintings up to 30,000 years old.

This ruined relic of the medieval city of Jahanpanah is a quiet oasis in the middle of New Delhi.

The Kaveri River cuts through the rocky terrain then drops off to form these misty falls.

Buddhist monk remarkably preserved because he started the mummification process while still living.

India's first open-air public art district sits in the heart of the country's capital.

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

The potters' quarter is packed with artists sculpting clay gods with mud from the sacred Ganges river.

This magical and eccentric stepwell is a hidden treasure within the ancient fort city of Mandu.

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

A small town in Rajasthan has been dubbed the "City of Stepwells," and Raniji ki Baori is the queen.

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

Tucked in Mumbai’s wealthiest neighborhood is one of the city’s oldest and most sacred sites: a temple complex believed to house the waters of the Ganges.

A Zoroastrian funerary tower where excarnation rituals are carried out is threatened by the area's dwindling vulture population.