Places deriverative Wants to Go

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

One of the tallest mountains in India was closed for years after a botched CIA mission.

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

This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.

A peculiar idol to the Hindu King of Ghosts demands fine leather footwear in exchange for warding off evil.

An Indian forest is being single-handedly planted after its creator was inspired by a slither of dead snakes.

Picnic on the seashore in the footsteps of ancient kings, protected by giant mythical cat beasts.

The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.

A collection of crumbling mansions stand as a reminder of a more prosperous time in this Indian village.

A Zoroastrian funerary tower where excarnation rituals are carried out is threatened by the area's dwindling vulture population.

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

No cyclone yet has been able to topple this rugged Indian lighthouse.

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

This 17th-century mausoleum is topped with an acoustic marvel.

This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.

A centuries-old shrine where Indians pray for U.S. visas.

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

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

The Indian capital of black magic and witchcraft.

This Gothic-style church is reputedly built atop the remains of one of Jesus's apostles.

The painted and decorated towers of this Hindu shrine were once the tallest structures in one of the oldest cities in India.

Camera cars and condom bikes built from scrap and one man's passion.

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

The only Chinese temple in Mumbai.