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Eternal flame said to be a Hindu Goddesses fiery tounge.

This women-run eatery and cooking school is putting India's long-neglected tribal cuisines back on the menu.

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

A once-stately trading fort is now a ruin slowly being consumed by the sea.

India’s only Brain Museum displays over 200 fascinating ways that your brain might kill you.

The world's largest banyan tree is followed by a community of worshippers.

An architectural marvel that dates back to the zenith of Indian architecture.

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

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

The last street gas lamps in Hong Kong.

Sip sweet, luxuriously creamy Hong Kong-style milk tea at this cafe.

An otherworldly "cave" created by an artist in a Hong Kong factory building.

A secluded, little-known temple hidden amid the dense jungle.

9,000 years of carnal history is on display at China's original Museum of Sex.

A lake that borders Kazakhstan and Russia allegedly harbors the giant "Terror Trout" or "Chinese Nessie."

The Chinese have long been excellent at the art of copying, but this epic replica takes the biscuit.

Thanks to a bit of wordplay, seven auspicious stone cats guard this ancient canalside street.

Inside this museum is an ongoing excavation of an ancient shipwreck.

A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.

The largest traditional Chinese medicine market in the world sells ingredients that may make you squirm.

This quiet area of Yunnan Province annually transforms into an unbelievable sea of yellow flowers.

The largest statue in the world towers at 420 feet high atop another 66 feet of pedestal.

130 replicas of world wonders squeezed into just 118 acres of space.

The field of tiny caves that mark this Chinese cliffside are each their own historic Buddhist temple.