Places aemem Wants to Go

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

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

These particularly resplendent rodents are the state animal of Maharashtra.

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

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

A complex of six forts embedded in the Rajasthan hills.

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

This magnificent stepwell is designed as an inverted temple and adorned with 1,500 sculptures.

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

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

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

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

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

This otherworldly palace-mausoleum complex is the stuff eternal dreams are made of.

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.

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

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

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

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.

This no-frills joint has some of the most sublime Cantonese barbecue in town.