Visit Taxila

Ruins of a 4,500-year-old Indus Valley metropolis.

Visit the ancient Buddhist monastery of Takht-i-Bahi in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. This well-preserved UNESCO World Heritage site, dating from the 1st century CE, features a main stupa, monastic cells, and meditation courtyards perched on a hilltop with sweeping views of the surrounding valley. Explore the intricate stone carvings and imagine the lives of monks who once studied here.

Vast Mughal-era mosque of red sandstone and marble domes.

The Qissa Khwani storytellers bazaar, Gandhara art in the museum and the road to the Khyber Pass.

The city of saints: blue-tiled Sufi shrines and the hottest summers in the subcontinent.

Stand among the cloud-wrapped ruins of Machu Picchu, the 15th-century Inca citadel perched high above Peru's Sacred Valley

Walk the streets of a Roman city frozen mid-life by Vesuvius in 79 AD — ruts, frescoes, bakeries and all

Explore the ancient cliff dwellings and archaeological sites of Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, USA