Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

This weekly bazaar started in the 1960s as a way for hippie travelers to barter their goods.

At this sweet shop, the descendants of a royal chef serve up the fudge-like dessert his ancestor invented for a king.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

This opulent 16th-century Maharaja’s palace is a unique mix of Hindu and Muslim designs.

This rare basalt crater lake is used to study the Moon and Mars.

This 11th-century temple gave rise to the word "juggernaut," as well as some mysteries that defy scientific explanation.

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

These medieval funerary monuments are now home to a colony of critically endangered vultures.

Miraculous vase predicts the future at this Tibetan Buddhist site in the Himalayas.

Ornate, dome-topped cenotaphs fill this royal crematorium.

Picnic on the seashore in the footsteps of ancient kings, protected by giant mythical cat beasts.

Known as the leaning temple, the sacred structure has somehow developed a severe nine-degree slant.

World's most expensive home.

This beautiful 16th-century necropolis marks an astonishing feat in heritage conservation.

The world's largest Tibetan refugee settlement.

The world's largest banyan tree is followed by a community of worshippers.

This magnificent 18th-century hall consists of a maze of nearly a thousand interconnected passages.

15 monolithic temples emulate an eroding sand castle.

This ancient goddess temple inspired the design of India’s Parliament House.

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

Made by a man on a worldwide sanitation crusade.

Time has stopped at the house where Gandhi died.

The evocative ruins of a 1,000-year-old hill fort lie within a popular tiger reserve.

Nineteen ancient rock-cut Buddhist caves can be found on the outskirts of Mumbai.