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

An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.

Made by a man on a worldwide sanitation crusade.

The former Willingdon Airport started operations in 1929, in India's capital, Delhi. Now, it's used for maintenance runs and helicopter rides.

Scholar, adventurer, saint, and instigator of the Goa Inquisition.

Deep in the Thar desert, a temple crawling with thousands of holy rats.

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

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

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

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

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

Old and brave breed of warhorses known for their elegant, curved ears.

A nearly unconquerable island-fort in the Indian Ocean.

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

Fifteen Jodhpur queens left their handprints before going to their fiery death.

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

Liquor and flowers mark a holy site for Indian motorcycle riders.

A complex of six forts embedded in the Rajasthan hills.

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

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

A mecca for India's Jains.

This restaurant is proud to be built atop a burial ground.