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

Megalithic monuments resembling magic mushrooms.

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

Bold contestants slide in a rice paddy behind two charging bulls.

A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.

Siddhartha Gautama sat here and received enlightenment.

Temples adorned with intricate, erotic sculptures make up one of the "seven wonders" of India.

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

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

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

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

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

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.

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

A mecca for India's Jains.

Known as the most dangerous bridge in the world, the Hussaini Hanging Bridge is only one of many precarious rope bridges in Northern Pakistan.

Reputedly haunted sandstone necropolis with exquisite stone carvings.

Lunar landscape, a mud volcano and bizarre rock formations.

Massive fortress bastions in the desert of Cholistan.

Tibetan-influenced mountain fortress in Northern Pakistan.

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

Splashes of blue in an otherwise monotonous lunar landscape.

200-foot-high minaret and only remnant of Afghanistan's lost city of the Turquoise Mountain.