Howrah, India
Great Banyan Tree
A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Howrah, India
A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.
Jodhpur, India
Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.
Jaipur, India
Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.
Jaipur, India
More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.
Gheti, India
A mecca for India's Jains.
Jaipur, India
The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.
Cherrapunjee, India
Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.
Guangzhou, China
A fantastic assortment of China's finest and most disturbing wares.
Shanghai, China
China's most famous acrobatics act.
Yueyang, China
At nearly 1,000 feet long, this astonishing glass suspension bridge is one of the longest in the world.
Guoliang, China
A tunnel dug through the side of a mountain by hand provides convenient yet death-defying access to a small village in China.
Shengshan Island, China
This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.
Beijing, China
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Chongqing, China
Not one, not two, but three natural bridges remain in this captivating spot post-sinkhole.
Lumphat, Cambodia
The river depicted in the antiwar film 'Apocalypse Now' was likely based on this Mekong tributary.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
One of the biggest markets in Asia, under one of the continent's largest domes.
Prasat Sambour, Cambodia
More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.
Ratanak Mondul, Cambodia
A quick and simple solution to Cambodia's train woes.
Krong Kaeb, Cambodia
An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.
Krong Battambang, Cambodia
Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.
Merida, Venezuela
Shop the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.
Venezuela
This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.
Uribante, Venezuela
A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.
Lima, Peru
The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.