Jodhpur, India
Mahila Baag Jhalra
Hidden in the shadow of a rocky fortress is one concubine’s long-forgotten legacy.
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Amritsar, India
Golden Temple
This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.
Jaipur, India
Jal Mahal
More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.
Jaipur, India
Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds)
The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.
Abhaneri, India
Chand Baori
Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.
Beijing, China
The Forbidden City
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Ta Prohm
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Baku, Azerbaijan
The Maiden Tower
This mysterious but iconic tapered tower appears in many Azeri fairytales and legends.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum
A unique museum dedicated to culture and artistry of carpet weaving.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Heydar Aliyev Center
The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.
Nyabushozi, Uganda
Lake Mburo National Park
Uganda's smallest savannah park is home to over 350 species of birds and mammals.
Uganda
Murchison Falls
Where the White Nile River dramatically cascades between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert in Uganda.
Kisoro, Uganda
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.
Kasekera, Tanzania
Gombe National Park
Only reachable by boat, a small Tanzanian national park is home to the chimpanzees that Jane Goodall spent her career studying.
Johannesburg, South Africa
‘The Shadow Boxer’ at Chancellor House
A large-scale steel sculpture entitled 'The Shadow Boxer' pays tribute to Nelson Mandela.
Morondava, Madagascar
Avenue of the Baobabs
The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.
Nairobi, Kenya
Nairobi National Park
A pristine wildlife habitat against the backdrop of skyscrapers, nicknamed "The World’s Wildlife Capital"
Nairobi, Kenya
Nairobi City Park
This urban park is home to monkeys and a number of endangered plants.
Kenya
Lake Turkana
The world’s largest permanent desert lake is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Kenya
Mara River Crossing
Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”
Alaska
Arctic Circle Monument Sign
The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.
Barrow, Alaska
Barrow Whale Bone Arch
The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.
Juneau, Alaska
Mendenhall Glacier
A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
Juneau, Alaska
The Upside-Down Forest of Glacier Gardens
Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.
