A collection of crumbling mansions stand as a reminder of a more prosperous time in this Indian village.

This Gothic-style church is reputedly built atop the remains of one of Jesus's apostles.

Known as the wettest place on earth.

This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.

Scholar, adventurer, saint, and instigator of the Goa Inquisition.

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

A once-stately trading fort is now a ruin slowly being consumed by the sea.

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

The world's largest Tibetan refugee settlement.

The painted and decorated towers of this Hindu shrine were once the tallest structures in one of the oldest cities in India.

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

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

An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

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

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

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

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

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

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

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.