The beautiful 16th-century stepwell lies in the shadow of a famous fortress.

This weekly bazaar started in the 1960s as a way for hippie travelers to barter their goods.

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

The evocative ruins of a 1,000-year-old hill fort lie within a popular tiger reserve.

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

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

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

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

This ancient Hindu temple is covered in thousands of colorful statues and has a long mythological history.

A former bastion of Rajput chivalry, this massive hill fort is the site of legend and tragedy.

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

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

A mecca for India's Jains.

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.

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

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

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