This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

This collection of ferns from across the globe is the largest assortment in the United States.

A herd of plastic cows hangs out under this transmission tower in rural Georgia.

These excavated burials from the Tarim Basin are wrapped in mystery.

The world's largest natural arch was forgotten for over 50 years after its discovery.

This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

An old curiosity shop holds on to a centuries-old tradition of manually-distilled rose water.

This abandoned palace and the stupas around it conceal beautiful Buddhist frescoes, statues, and silk paintings.

One of the last surviving ancient Buddhist sites in the region, it escaped the brunt of several Hun invasions thanks to its remote location.

A mere stone's throw from Islamabad exists a spectacular display of three millennia of humanity's progress.

On the Pakistan-India border the militaries perform an elaborate theater of aggression each and every night.

This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

This archaeological site was once a grand city of the Indus Valley Civilization with a sophisticated system for conserving water.

This historic complex is home to the oldest Christian grave in Kolkata, India.

Kolkata’s only Portuguese church has a curious link with chickens.

For just a few hours each morning, this market serves specialties from the city's shrinking Chinese-Indian community.

This Jewish bakery, among the last in the region, sells legendary sweets from a century-old storefront.

The site of an atrocity that would be used to justify Britain’s conquest of India.

The largest tiger reserve in India is a vast expanse dotted with ancient ruins of Nagarjuna Viswa Vidyalayam.

This fort dates back to 1588 and was colonized by the Portuguese, Dutch, and English and sits prominently on the Indian Ocean where azure water lap the coast.