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

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.

This abandoned fort is said to be the most haunted place in India, so much so that entry is prohibited after sunset.

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

An extraordinary "City of Caves" carved from solid stone.

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

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 palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

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

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

A mecca for India's Jains.

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.

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

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

Unused mast taller than every structure in the EU.

This eerie sculpture overlooks what was known as the Road of Bones under Joseph Stalin.

The Russians still use the transmitter Nazis built during World War II to communicate with submarines.

This monument commemorates the soldiers who fought for 16 hours straight to penetrate this concrete fort.

During the Soviet era, the medieval capital of Volga Bulgaria served as a substitute for Mecca.

These limestone cliffs are associated with the Greek myth of Prometheus.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

Most polluted lake in the world, used as a radioactive dumping ground for years.