Yinchuan, China
West Xia Imperial Tombs
China's beehive-shaped pyramids house the remains of a lost kingdom.
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Yinchuan, China
China's beehive-shaped pyramids house the remains of a lost kingdom.
Xianyang, China
Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.
Tianshui, China
Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.
Kunming, China
270 million year-old forest of stone.
Chongqing, China
The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.
Datong, China
Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.
Shanghai, China
China's most famous acrobatics act.
Beijing, China
This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.
Chitradurga, India
This sprawling stronghold has been at the center of some of South India's bloodiest wars.
Kolkata, India
This Jewish bakery, among the last in the region, sells legendary sweets from a century-old storefront.
Jaipur, India
The beautiful 16th-century stepwell lies in the shadow of a famous fortress.
Chennai, India
A gray market run by Burmese Indians offers a portal to a forgotten period in history.
New Delhi, India
This beautiful 16th-century necropolis marks an astonishing feat in heritage conservation.
Hyderabad, India
Once where royalty entertained guests, this opulent table is now one of the longest in the world.
Mysore, India
At this sweet shop, the descendants of a royal chef serve up the fudge-like dessert his ancestor invented for a king.
New Delhi, India
Nestled among the artifacts of the National Crafts Museum, this hidden gem offers hard-to-find regional foods from all over India.
New Delhi, India
India's first open-air public art district sits in the heart of the country's capital.
Mahabaleshwar, India
This fortress played a key role in the battle that would ultimately give rise to the Maratha Empire.
Lucknow, India
This magnificent 18th-century hall consists of a maze of nearly a thousand interconnected passages.
Ahmedabad, India
This 16th-century mosque is the hallmark of the African architectural legacy in India.
Velha Goa, India
The last remaining colonial-era Italian church in Old Goa.
Orchha, India
These medieval funerary monuments are now home to a colony of critically endangered vultures.
Datia, India
This deserted palace is one of the finest examples of Indo-Islamic architecture in India.
Anjuna, India
This weekly bazaar started in the 1960s as a way for hippie travelers to barter their goods.