New Delhi, India
Bahá'í Lotus Temple
A blooming house of worship for the masses.
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New Delhi, India
A blooming house of worship for the masses.
New Delhi, India
A startling, centuries-old subterranean marvel hides in plain sight.
Amritsar, India
This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.
Howrah, India
A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.
Ajanta, India
Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.
Chandigarh, India
A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.
Jaipur, India
The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.
Gheti, India
A mecca for India's Jains.
Rajsamand, India
The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.
Jaipur, India
Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.
Hampi, India
The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.
Junagadh, India
This otherworldly palace-mausoleum complex is the stuff eternal dreams are made of.
Chamoli, India
A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.
Jaipur, India
More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.
Jodhpur, India
Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.
Verul, 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.
Cherrapunjee, India
Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.
Jaipur, India
The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.
Abhaneri, India
Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.
Herentals, Belgium
This impressive collection of skulls and bones was gathered by an ex-zookeeper who took advantage of a pig plague.
Namur, Belgium
A trompe-l'oeil fresco celebrating 250 Walloon figures who left their mark on the region.
Modave, Belgium
The largest carved family tree in Europe is 135 square meters.
Namur, Belgium
This is a surprising Art Deco district in a city with a history dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries.
Hemiksem, Belgium
The only museum dedicated to the tile production for which the Rupel region was renowned.