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The oldest still-inhabited hill fort in India looks like a magnificent golden sandcastle.

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

An eclectic mix of influences rot together in harmony in this India necropolis.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

A startling, centuries-old subterranean marvel hides in plain sight.

A centuries-old fortress city lies in ruin.

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.

This hilltop warren of monastic dwellings is the result of centuries worth of Mongol attacks.

Hidden in the shadow of a rocky fortress is one concubine’s long-forgotten legacy.

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

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

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

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

A mecca for India's Jains.

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.

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

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

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

Tibetan-influenced mountain fortress in Northern Pakistan.

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

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

A tower built by an emperor for an antelope.