Jal Mahal Water Palace in Jaipur, India
Most of the building in our image is submerged beneath the water of Man Sagar Lake in north India. Called a palace but originally built as a royal hunting lodge, the Jal Mahal once sat in a basin that would periodically be filled by monsoon rains, with the waterline rising above the base of the building. When a nearby dam was reinforced, the basin became a reservoir that provided water to the local population, and permanently submerged the first four levels of the lodge.
