Places ERuler39 Wants to Go

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

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

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

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

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

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

A mecca for India's Jains.

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

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

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

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

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

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

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

The Great Wall of Sindh, Pakistan's mighty fort.

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

A mere stone's throw from Islamabad exists a spectacular display of three millennia of humanity's progress.

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

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

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

Despite a history of destruction, this former citadel survives to document Afghanistan's oft overlooked history.

A sobering museum dedicated to landmines and the personnel working to remove them from Afghanistan.

Highly unusual subterranean stupa and adjacent cave monastery.

Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.