Places deriverative Wants to Go

One of the largest necropolises in the world is home to a stunning array of historic Middle Eastern tombs.

These stairs were built to accommodate royals mounted on elephants.

This grand Pakistani mausoleum can only be accessed via an almost 1,000 foot long alleyway.

This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

This commanding mausoleum holds the remains of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

The bulletproof cross stands at the only operational Christian cemetery in Pakistan's most populated city.

One of the last surviving ancient Buddhist sites in the region, it escaped the brunt of several Hun invasions thanks to its remote location.

An otherwise ordinary park with a dark past.

A 2nd-century stupa home to one of the world's oldest statues of the Buddha.

Thousands of ancient rock carvings are scattered just off the highway.

Just in case you need some cold cash at the top of the world.

This mosque was built overnight as an act of defiance against the British colonial authorities.

The rich cultural heritage of the Kalasha people is on display in this state-of-the-art museum.

A shrine in Karachi is home to around 100 crocodiles that are regarded as sacred.

This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

The caskets in this graveyard have not been opened—they have always been open.

Hidden among Rawalpindi’s modern buildings are the remains of dilapidated Hindu temples.

The history of the oldest fort in Baltistan is steeped in familial rivalry and gruesome deaths.

Unrefined, uneven, and unstable—this is the real McCoy of Pakistani suspension bridges.

These boulders bear testimony to thousands of years of cultural exchange along this trading route.

A rare instance of a historical Peshawari mansion restored and opened to the public.

Time and local lore colluded to turn this fear-defeating Buddha into a man-eating demon.

A perfectly restored 17th-century hammam in the heart of Lahore.

The third-largest replica of the Paris landmark, rising over the city’s skyline.