Places pleiades Wants to Go

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

Nestled among the artifacts of the National Crafts Museum, this hidden gem offers hard-to-find regional foods from all over India.

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

This magnificent stepwell is designed as an inverted temple and adorned with 1,500 sculptures.

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

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

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.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

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

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.

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

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

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

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

A mecca for India's Jains.

A 1,000-year-old oak and one of the last surviving trees of the ancient Scottish Jedforest.

Dating back roughly 240 million years to the Triassic period, it was left by a large, 12-foot-long crocodile ancestor called a Chirotherium or "hand-beast".

Why trying to get lost in the old quarters of Essaouira may be harder than you think

A sign marks where the two bodies of water meet.

The tomb of one of the greatest travelers in history.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

The peace and seclusion of Kyoto’s “Moss Temple” is no accident.

Royal milk tea was invented here at the Far Eastern capital of Sir Thomas Lipton’s tea empire