Places DE Wants to Go

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

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

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

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

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

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

A mecca for India's Jains.

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

A complex of six forts embedded in the Rajasthan hills.

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

Nineteen ancient rock-cut Buddhist caves can be found on the outskirts of Mumbai.

A centuries-old lookout post still sits atop a natural stone spire.

Temples adorned with intricate, erotic sculptures make up one of the "seven wonders" of India.

A centuries-old fortress city lies in ruin.

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

Have fun at the world's first Buddhist waterslide park.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

This network of tunnels housed an entire village for years, and even had a hall for screening movies.

This whimsically named Vietnamese stream is closer to a walkway than a waterway.

These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.

Thailand's country villages continue the tradition of gong-making, and invite visitors to watch the process.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

A Surreal flight of architectural fancy in Vietnam's Central Highlands.