Hidden places
Lesser-known spots that locals love: quiet forests, old zamindar houses, chars and village markets.
Hidden places
Hidden place ▶ Video Alexander Castle
Mymensingh · আলেকজান্ডার ক্যাসেলAn iron-clad zamindar mansion of 1879 where Tagore and Gandhi once stayed.
Hidden place ▶ Video Amiakhum Waterfall
Bandarban · আমিয়াখুম জলপ্রপাতA remote, wide waterfall deep in Thanchi, reached only by a hard multi-day trek.
Hidden place ▶ Video Ananda Vihara
Cumilla · আনন্দ বিহারThe largest Buddhist monastery ruin at Mainamati, beside a huge old water tank.
Hidden place ▶ Video Arial Beel
Munshiganj · আড়িয়াল বিলA vast seasonal wetland famous for water lilies in the rains and giant sweet pumpkins in winter.
Hidden place ▶ Video Armenian Church of the Holy Resurrection
Dhaka · আর্মেনিয়ান গির্জাA quiet 18th-century church and graveyard that recalls Dhaka's small Armenian merchant community.
Hidden place ▶ Video Bagha Mosque
Rajshahi · বাঘা মসজিদA 16th-century ten-domed mosque with rich terracotta work, beside a large old pond.
Hidden place ▶ Video Baldha Garden
Dhaka · বলধা গার্ডেনA small, walled old botanical garden in Wari, full of rare plants and quiet corners.
Hidden place ▶ Video Baliadi Zamindar Bari
Gazipur · বলিয়াদী জমিদার বাড়িThe old seat of the Siddiqui zamindars of Baliadi in Kaliakair, one of the oldest zamindar houses in the region.
Hidden place ▶ Video Barshijora Eco Park
Moulvibazar · বর্ষিজোড়া ইকোপার্কA patch of forested hillocks right next to Moulvibazar town, good for a short green walk.
Hidden place ▶ Video Bharat Bhayna mound
Jashore · ভরত ভায়না ঢিবিA huge excavated brick platform from early Bengal, rising out of fields in Keshabpur.
Hidden place ▶ Video Bhawal Raj Shmashaneshwari
Gazipur · ভাওয়াল রাজশ্মশানেশ্বরীThe old cremation ground and temples of the Bhawal royal family, on the Chilai river in Joydebpur.
Hidden place ▶ Video Bhimer Panti
Naogaon · ভীমের পান্টিA tall black stone pillar leaning out of a rice field near the Joypurhat border.
Hidden place ▶ Video Bhitargarh
Panchagarh · ভিতরগড়Earthen ramparts and ponds of an ancient fortified city, slowly being excavated.
Hidden place ▶ Video Bibi Begni Mosque
Bagerhat · বিবি বেগনী মসজিদA lonely single-domed mosque on the bank of Ghora Dighi, named after the woman said to be Khan Jahan Ali's wife.
Hidden place ▶ Video Bihanga Island (Dhanseer Char)
Barguna · বিহঙ্গ দ্বীপ (ধানসিঁড়ির চর)A small char in the Baleshwar river off Patharghata, facing the Sundarbans, named for the birds that gather on it.
Hidden place ▶ Video Bithangal Akhra
Habiganj · বিথঙ্গল আখড়াAn old Vaishnava monastery on the haor, reached by boat in the rainy season.
Hidden place ▶ Video Chandgazi Bhuiyan Mosque
Feni · চাঁদগাজী ভূঁইয়া মসজিদAn old mosque from the Mughal period in Chhagalnaiya, rarely seen by travellers.
Hidden place ▶ Video Chandimura Temple (Lalmai Chandi Temple)
Cumilla · চণ্ডীমুড়া মন্দিরAn old hilltop Kali temple on the Lalmai ridge, reached by a long flight of steps.
Hidden place ▶ Video Chandrabati's Shiva Temple
Kishoreganj · চন্দ্রাবতীর শিবমন্দিরA small temple by the Phuleshwari linked to Chandrabati, celebrated as Bengal's first woman poet.
Hidden place ▶ Video Chatmohar Shahi Mosque
Pabna · চাটমোহর শাহী মসজিদAn old three-domed mosque in Chatmohar, on the edge of the Chalan Beel country.
Hidden place ▶ Video Chunakhola Mosque
Bagerhat · চুনাখোলা মসজিদA single-domed brick mosque standing alone among paddy fields, part of the old mosque city.
Hidden place ▶ Video Debotakhum
Bandarban · দেবতাখুমA long, narrow gorge of sheer rock walls and green water, explored by bamboo raft in Rowangchhari.
Hidden place ▶ Video Dhaniachak Mosque
Chapainawabganj · ধনিয়াচক মসজিদA small brick-and-terracotta mosque tucked off the road near the Sona Masjid land port.
Hidden place ▶ Video Dharmapal's Fort (Dharmapaler Garh)
Nilphamari · ধর্মপালের গড়Earthen ramparts of an old fort in Jaldhaka, linked by legend to a king named Dharmapal.
Hidden place ▶ Video Dhuppani Waterfall
Rangamati · ধুপপানি ঝরনাA tall 'white water' fall deep in Bilaichhari, reached by lake boat and a forest walk.
Hidden place ▶ Video Dibir Haor (Red Water Lily Beel)
Sylhet · ডিবির হাওর (লাল শাপলার বিল)A cluster of beels near Jaintiapur that turn red with wild water lilies on winter mornings, with the Meghalaya hills behind.
Hidden place ▶ Video Floating vegetable gardens of Nazirpur
Pirojpur · নাজিরপুরের ভাসমান সবজি বাগানLong rafts of rotted water hyacinth topped with soil, on which Nazirpur's farmers grow seedlings and vegetables through the flood months.
Hidden place ▶ Video Friendship Centre
Gaibandha · ফ্রেন্ডশিপ সেন্টারAn award-winning brick building sunk into the earth, designed by architect Marina Tabassum.
Hidden place ▶ Video Furomon Hill
Rangamati · ফুরমোন পাহাড়A steep half-day climb near Rangamati town to a hilltop Buddhist shrine with wide views over the lake country.
Hidden place ▶ Video Gajnar Beel
Pabna · গাজনার বিলSujanagar's great wetland, a chain of sixteen beels linked to the Padma.
Hidden place ▶ Video Ghagra Khan Bari Mosque
Sherpur · ঘাঘড়া খান বাড়ি জামে মসজিদA single-domed Mughal mosque of 1618–19 in a village near Jhenaigati, with ten little minarets and flowered plasterwork.
Hidden place ▶ Video Giant Mango Tree of Baliadangi
Thakurgaon · বালিয়াডাঙ্গীর সূর্যপুরী আমগাছA single old Surjapuri mango tree whose branches sprawl over a huge area like a small forest.
Hidden place ▶ Video Goaldi Mosque
Narayanganj · গোয়ালদী মসজিদA small single-domed Sultanate-era mosque from 1519, with finely carved terracotta and stone.
Hidden place ▶ Video Golokdham Temple
Panchagarh · গোলকধাম মন্দিরAn 1846 hexagonal temple on a raised platform in a quiet Debiganj village, built with a Greek-style touch.
Hidden place ▶ Video Gorai Railway Bridge
Kushtia · গড়াই রেলসেতুAn old iron railway bridge over the Gorai at Kushtia, begun in 1865 and counted as the first major rail bridge in Bangladesh.
Hidden place ▶ Video Govinda Bhita
Bogura · গোবিন্দ ভিটাAn excavated temple mound on a bend of the Karatoya, just outside the walls of Mahasthangarh.
Hidden place ▶ Video Guliakhali Sea Beach
Chattogram · গুলিয়াখালী সমুদ্র সৈকতA green, grassy shore at Sitakunda where tidal creeks wind through meadows and young mangroves.
Hidden place ▶ Video Guroi Shahi Mosque, Nikli
Kishoreganj · গুরই শাহী মসজিদ, নিকলীAn old single-domed mosque in a haor village of Nikli, with slim corner minarets and a long inscription.
Hidden place ▶ Video Halti Beel
Natore · হালতি বিলA wide seasonal wetland near Naldanga, crossed by a submersible road that seems to float on water.
Hidden place ▶ Video Halud Vihara
Naogaon · হলুদ বিহারA tall mound of an early medieval Buddhist monastery, a short drive from Paharpur but rarely visited.
Hidden place ▶ Video Hamham Waterfall
Moulvibazar · হামহাম জলপ্রপাতA tall forest waterfall in the Rajkandi reserve, reached by a muddy trek through bamboo and streams.
Hidden place ▶ Video Haringhata forest
Barguna · হরিণঘাটা বনA coastal forest in Patharghata with wooden trails and glimpses of deer near the river mouth.
Hidden place ▶ Video Hatikumrul Navaratna Temple
Sirajganj · হাটিকুমরুল নবরত্ন মন্দিরA tall nine-spired 18th-century temple, a short detour from the busy Hatikumrul crossroads.
Hidden place ▶ Video Hazachora Waterfall
Khagrachhari · হাজাছড়া ঝর্ণাA tall, slender waterfall in a shady gully near Dighinala, a short walk off the Sajek road.
Hidden place ▶ Video Ishwaripur Hammamkhana
Satkhira · ঈশ্বরীপুরের হাম্মামখানাWeathered brick ruins of an old bathhouse in a village near the Jeshoreshwari temple.
Hidden place ▶ Video Itakumari Zamindar Bari
Rangpur · ইটাকুমারী জমিদার বাড়িA decaying zamindar house in Pirgachha, linked with the 1783 Rangpur peasant revolt.
Hidden place ▶ Video Jagaddala Mahavihara
Naogaon · জগদ্দল মহাবিহারExcavated remains of a late Pala-era Buddhist monastery in the far north of Naogaon.
Hidden place ▶ Video Jagati Railway Station
Kushtia · জগতি রেলস্টেশনThe disused station on the edge of Kushtia where the first railway in present-day Bangladesh arrived in 1862.
Hidden place ▶ Video Jangalbari Fort
Kishoreganj · জঙ্গলবাড়ি দুর্গEarthen ramparts and a mosque mark the stronghold of Isa Khan, leader of Bengal's Baro Bhuiyan chiefs.
Hidden place ▶ Video Kadigarh National Park
Mymensingh · কাদিগড় জাতীয় উদ্যানA small patch of sal forest in Bhaluka, declared a national park in 2010 and still little visited.
Hidden place ▶ Video Karapur Miah Bari Mosque
Barishal · কড়াপুর মিয়াবাড়ি মসজিদA two-storey, three-domed Mughal-style mosque raised on a high platform in a village just west of Barishal city.
Hidden place ▶ Video Kartikpur Zamindar Bari (Chowdhury Bari)
Shariatpur · কার্তিকপুর জমিদার বাড়ি (চৌধুরী বাড়ি)An old two-storey zamindar house in Naria, approached past rows of carved pillars, where the family still lives.
Hidden place ▶ Video Khadimnagar National Park
Sylhet · খাদিমনগর জাতীয় উদ্যানA quiet hill forest on the edge of Sylhet city, ringed by tea estates and walked by few visitors.
Hidden place ▶ Video Khanbari Old Jame Mosque Complex
Jhalokathi · খানবাড়ি প্রাচীন জামে মসজিদ কমপ্লেক্সThree small single-domed Mughal-style mosques standing side by side in a village near Rajapur, each a little bigger than the last.
Hidden place ▶ Video Khania Dighi Mosque (Rajbibi Mosque)
Chapainawabganj · খনিয়াদিঘি মসজিদ (রাজবিবি মসজিদ)A quiet single-domed Sultanate mosque with terracotta decoration beside an old pond.
Hidden place ▶ Video Khoiyachora Waterfall
Chattogram · খৈয়াছড়া ঝর্ণাA multi-step waterfall in the Mirsharai hills, reached by wading up a rocky stream through the forest.
Hidden place ▶ Video Kismat Maria Mosque
Rajshahi · কিসমত মারিয়া মসজিদA small mosque from around 1500 in a quiet village, still used for Friday prayers.
Hidden place ▶ Video Kodla Math (Ajodhya Math)
Bagerhat · কোদলা মঠ (অযোধ্যা মঠ)A tall, slender brick tower-temple from around the 17th century, standing alone by the Bhairab river north of Bagerhat.
Hidden place ▶ Video Konglak Para
Rangamati · কংলাক পাড়াA small Lushai village on the highest point of the Sajek ridge, reached by a short steep walk.
Hidden place ▶ Video Kutubdia Island and Lighthouse
Cox's Bazar · কুতুবদিয়া দ্বীপ ও বাতিঘরA flat island off Chakaria known for its lighthouse, salt fields, wind turbines and empty beaches.
Hidden place ▶ Video Lakma Rajbari
Joypurhat · লকমা রাজবাড়ীA crumbling zamindar house near the Indian border in Panchbibi, overgrown and atmospheric.
Hidden place ▶ Video Lakutia Zamindar Bari
Barishal · লাকুটিয়া জমিদারবাড়িA two-storey zamindar mansion with old bathing ponds just outside Barishal city, now being restored by the Department of Archaeology.
Hidden place ▶ Video Lohagar Math
Chandpur · লোহাগড় মঠA tall old tower-temple on the Dakatia river in Faridganj, wrapped in legends of two cruel zamindar brothers.
Hidden place ▶ Video Madhumati riverbank at Mohammadpur
Magura · মোহাম্মদপুরে মধুমতি নদীর পাড়Wide, slow river views and country boats at the ghats near Sitaram's old capital.
Hidden place ▶ Video Masjidkur Mosque
Khulna · মসজিদকুঁড় মসজিদA nine-domed Sultanate mosque dug out of the earth in Koyra, almost on the edge of the Sundarbans.
Hidden place ▶ Video Meghna Sandbar Char
Chandpur · মেঘনার বালুচরA sandbar island in the Meghna off Chandpur town, where locals boat out to walk on open sand.
Hidden place ▶ Video Mekurtari Shahi Mosque
Kurigram · মেকুরটারী শাহী মসজিদA small walled village mosque near Rajarhat, bristling with minarets and fronted by a big pond.
Hidden place ▶ Video Mithapukur Mosque
Rangpur · মিঠাপুকুর মসজিদA small three-domed mosque in late Mughal style, with fine plaster and brick ornament.
Hidden place ▶ Video Miyar Dalan
Jhenaidah · মিয়ার দালানA crumbling 1820s zamindar house on the Nabaganga, with a rhyming inscription over its gate.
Hidden place ▶ Video Musapur Closure
Noakhali · মুছাপুর ক্লোজারA riverside dam and young forest in Companiganj, where locals come for wind, water and open sky.
Hidden place ▶ Video Mustard Fields of Manikganj
Manikganj · মানিকগঞ্জের সরিষা খেতIn midwinter the flat chars and fields turn bright yellow with flowering mustard.
Hidden place ▶ Video Nagarpur Chowdhury Bari
Tangail · নাগরপুর চৌধুরী বাড়িA grand but little-visited zamindar palace in Nagarpur with an ornate facade.
Hidden place ▶ Video Nakipur Zamindar Bari (Haricharan Roy's house)
Satkhira · নকিপুর জমিদার বাড়িThe decaying 19th-century mansion and twin Shiva temples of zamindar Haricharan Roy Chowdhury in Shyamnagar.
Hidden place ▶ Video Napittachora Trail
Chattogram · নাপিত্তাছড়া ট্রেইলA stream-bed trek in Mirsharai's hills to a chain of small waterfalls such as Kupikatakhum and Bandarkhum.
Hidden place ▶ Video Nawda Buruj
Chapainawabganj · নওদা বুরুজA tall, grassy mound near Rohanpur that locals link with the age of King Lakshman Sen.
Hidden place ▶ Video Nayabad Mosque
Dinajpur · নয়াবাদ মসজিদA three-domed 18th-century mosque near Kantanagar, linked by legend to the temple's builders.
Hidden place ▶ Video Nuhash Polli
Gazipur · নুহাশ পল্লীWriter Humayun Ahmed's garden retreat, with ponds, rare trees and his grave under the litchi trees.
Hidden place ▶ Video Padma Chars near Faridpur
Faridpur · পদ্মার চর, ফরিদপুরBoat out to sandbank islands on the Padma north of Faridpur town for open skies and kash flowers.
Hidden place ▶ Video Pakutia Zamindar Bari
Tangail · পাকুটিয়া জমিদার বাড়িThree matching palaces from 1915 in Nagarpur, each crowned with sculpted female figures, slowly fading in the countryside.
Hidden place ▶ Video Panihata
Sherpur · পানিহাটাA quiet riverside spot where the Bhogai river curves beneath the Meghalaya hills.
Hidden place ▶ Video Panthumai Waterfall
Sylhet · পান্থুমাই ঝর্ণাA broad curtain of water falling from the Meghalaya hills just across the border, seen from a quiet village.
Hidden place ▶ Video Pathrail Mosque (Majlis Aulia Mosque), Bhanga
Faridpur · পাতরাইল মসজিদ (মজলিস আউলিয়া মসজিদ), ভাঙ্গাA ten-domed Sultanate-era brick mosque with terracotta decoration, tucked away in the villages south of Bhanga.
Hidden place ▶ Video Raja Birat's Palace Mound
Gaibandha · রাজা বিরাটের প্রাসাদAn archaeological mound west of Gobindaganj that legend ties to King Virata of the Mahabharata.
Hidden place ▶ Video Ramzan Mia Jame Mosque (Chowdhury Mosque)
Noakhali · রমজান মিয়া জামে মসজিদA three-domed village mosque in Kabirhat, thought to be around 300 years old.
Hidden place ▶ Video Rijuk Waterfall
Bandarban · ঋজুক জলপ্রপাতA tall waterfall pouring straight into the Sangu, reached by boat from Ruma.
Hidden place ▶ Video Roailbari Fort
Netrokona · রোয়াইলবাড়ি দুর্গRoofless ruins of an old fort on the Betai river in Kendua, also called Kotbari.
Hidden place ▶ Video Rose Garden Palace
Dhaka · রোজ গার্ডেন প্যালেসA white, columned 19th-century mansion and garden on K.M. Das Lane, where the Awami League was founded in 1949.
Hidden place ▶ Video Rudrakar Math
Shariatpur · রুদ্রকর মঠA tall old temple tower standing alone in the countryside of Rudrakar, little known outside the district.
Hidden place ▶ Video Rupban Mura
Cumilla · রূপবান মুড়াA lesser-visited Buddhist ruin on a low hill near Kotbari, often empty of people.
Hidden place ▶ Video Sarail Hatirpul
Brahmanbaria · সরাইলের হাতিরপুলAn old brick bridge from the Mughal era, said to have been used by the elephants of the Sarail dewans.
Hidden place ▶ Video Satla water lily wetland
Barishal · সাতলার শাপলা বিলVast wetlands in Wazirpur where red and white water lilies cover the water after the monsoon.
Hidden place ▶ Video Shah Porir Dwip
Cox's Bazar · শাহপরীর দ্বীপThe southern tip of mainland Bangladesh at the mouth of the Naf, with a quiet beach and fishing life.
Hidden place ▶ Video Sitakot Vihara
Dinajpur · সীতাকোট বিহারThe excavated ground plan of an early Buddhist monastery among fields in Nawabganj upazila.
Hidden place ▶ Video Sonadia Island
Cox's Bazar · সোনাদিয়া দ্বীপA remote sandbar island of mangroves, red crabs and empty beaches, important for migratory shorebirds.
Hidden place ▶ Video Sonar Char
Patuakhali · সোনার চরA remote island of golden sand and planted forest in Rangabali, far from the Kuakata crowds.
Hidden place ▶ Video Tarua sea beach
Bhola · তারুয়া সমুদ্র সৈকতA remote sandy beach on a southern char, with crabs, migratory birds and almost no people.
Hidden place ▶ Video Tetulia Jami Mosque and Salam Manzil
Satkhira · তেতুলিয়া জামে মসজিদ ও সালাম মঞ্জিলA six-domed 1850s mosque and the crumbling mansion of a zamindar family in a quiet Tala village.
Hidden place ▶ Video Thakurpur Jame Mosque (Jiner Masjid)
Chuadanga · ঠাকুরপুর জামে মসজিদ (জিনের মসজিদ)An old mosque and shrine complex 2 km from Chuadanga town that locals call the jinn's mosque.
Hidden place ▶ Video Tushbhandar Zamindar Bari
Lalmonirhat · তুষভান্ডার জমিদার বাড়িA faded zamindar house and temples in Kaliganj, rarely visited and full of character.
Hidden place ▶ Video Ulchapara Mosque
Brahmanbaria · উলচাপাড়া মসজিদAn early 18th-century Mughal-era mosque in a village just outside Brahmanbaria town.
Hidden place ▶ Video Vasu Bihar (Bhasu Bihar)
Bogura · ভাসু বিহারQuiet excavated foundations of Buddhist monasteries a few kilometres from Mahasthangarh.
Representative photo Hidden place Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray's Birthplace, Raruli
Khulna · আচার্য প্রফুল্লচন্দ্র রায়ের বাড়ি, রাড়ুলীThe Kapotaksha-side family home in Paikgachha where the chemist Prafulla Chandra Ray was born in 1861.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Adampur Forest
Moulvibazar · আদমপুর বনA quiet beat of the Rajkandi reserved forest in Kamalganj, with hill trails and few visitors.
Representative photo Hidden place Anandabas Ten-Dome Mosque
Meherpur · আনন্দবাস দশ গম্বুজ মসজিদA ten-domed village mosque at Anandabas in Bagoan union, the oldest of the village's seven mosques.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Aokora Mosque (the 'talking mosque')
Dinajpur · আওকরা মসজিদA small 1766 mosque on the Belan riverbank in Khansama, named for the echo it once gave back.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Aowliapur Neelkuthi
Madaripur · আউলিয়াপুর নীলকুঠিRuins of a British indigo planter's house, a reminder of Bengal's harsh indigo era.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Atharobari Zamindar Bari
Mymensingh · আঠারবাড়ী জমিদার বাড়িAn old zamindar house in Ishwarganj that gave its name to the village around it.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Ballavpur Mission
Meherpur · বল্লভপুর মিশনA long-established Catholic mission and church in a village near Mujibnagar.
Representative photo Hidden place Bara Katra
Dhaka · বড় কাটরাThe broken gatehouse of a 17th-century Mughal caravanserai, hidden among the shops of Chawkbazar near the Buriganga.
Representative photo Hidden place Baroiyadhala National Park
Chattogram · বারৈয়াঢালা জাতীয় উদ্যানA hill forest east of the Dhaka–Chattogram highway at Sitakunda, with jhiri trails, streams and small waterfalls.
Representative photo Hidden place Bhawaiya Museum, Ulipur
Kurigram · ভাওয়াইয়া জাদুঘর, উলিপুরA small, locally run collection of folk instruments and rural objects of the Bhawaiya tradition.
Representative photo Hidden place Bir Sreshtho Munshi Abdur Rouf Memorial Museum and Library
Faridpur · বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ মুন্সী আবদুর রউফ স্মৃতি জাদুঘর ও পাঠাগারA small museum and library in Madhukhali upazila, in the home village of the Bir Sreshtho Munshi Abdur Rouf.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Chalan Beel Museum
Natore · চলনবিল জাদুঘরA small village museum of Chalan Beel's history, holding hand-written Qurans, old deeds and coins.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Char Villages of the Jamuna
Jamalpur · যমুনার চরSandbank islands where farmers grow peanuts and chilli and life follows the river's moods.
Representative photo Hidden place Charmuguria Eco-Park
Madaripur · চরমুগুরিয়া ইকোপার্কA small Forest Department park at Nayachar near Madaripur town, set up in 2015 for Charmuguria's famous monkeys.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Chhandra Zamindar Bari
Magura · ছান্দড়া জমিদারবাড়িThe overgrown remains of a zamindar house in a Shalikha village, with an old Durga temple and the family pond.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Chhoilar Char
Jhalokathi · ছৈলার চরA young, wild char in the Bishkhali river at Kathalia, thick with chhoila trees and birds, reached only by boat.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Dhankora Zamindar Bari
Manikganj · ধানকোড়া জমিদার বাড়িA quiet zamindar house in a Saturia village, with the school the family founded right next door.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Dhol Samudra Dighi
Jhenaidah · ঢোল সমুদ্র দিঘীA large old tank south of Jhenaidah town, linked by legend to Raja Mukut Ray.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Dholarhat Temple
Thakurgaon · ঢোলারহাট মন্দিরA tall, round, weathered old temple in a village north of Thakurgaon town, one of the district's two protected monuments.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Fath Shah's Mosque, Mograpara Dargabari
Narayanganj · ফতেহ শাহ মসজিদ, মোগরাপাড়া দরগাবাড়িA small Sultanate-era mosque in the old Sonargaon capital, hidden inside a village dargah complex.
Representative photo Hidden place Floating Gardens of Kotalipara
Gopalganj · কোটালীপাড়ার ভাসমান বাগানFarmers grow vegetables and seedlings on rafts of water hyacinth floating on flooded beels.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Goal Bathan Mosque
Narail · গোয়ালবাথান মসজিদA small old mosque in a Narail village that locals say was built by jinn, listed by Banglapedia as the upazila's archaeological relic.
Representative photo Hidden place Goyghor Khojar Mosque
Moulvibazar · গয়ঘর খোজার মসজিদA one-domed Sultanate mosque from 1476 on a small hill at Goyghor village, linked to the Afghan chief Khwaja Usman.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Handial Jagannath Temple
Pabna · হান্ডিয়াল জগন্নাথ মন্দিরA small, old brick temple with terracotta carving, still in worship in a Chatmohar village.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Harishchandra's Path
Nilphamari · হরিশচন্দ্রের পাঠA legend-wrapped mound in Jaldhaka, where King Harishchandra is said to have begun a Shiva temple he never finished.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Hazarduari School, Natudah
Chuadanga · হাজারদুয়ারি স্কুল, নাটুদহChuadanga's oldest school, a zamindar-built campus planned with about a thousand doors.
Representative photo Hidden place Hemnagar Zamindar Bari (Porir Dalan)
Tangail · হেমনগর জমিদারবাড়ি (পরীর দালান)An 1890 zamindar palace in Gopalpur upazila, nicknamed 'Porir Dalan' for the two fairy figures on its front.
Representative photo Hidden place Isa Khan's Tomb, Bakhtarpur
Gazipur · ঈসা খাঁর সমাধি, বক্তারপুরThe grave of Isa Khan, chief of Bengal's Baro Bhuiyans, in Bakhtarpur village of Kaliganj upazila.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Jahajmara sea beach
Patuakhali · জাহাজমারা সমুদ্রসৈকতA remote beach in Rangabali, named after a ship that sank in its silt, with red crabs, fishing boats and a belt of coastal forest.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Kalabogi stilt village
Khulna · কালাবগী ঝুলন্ত গ্রামA village of houses on bamboo stilts beside the Shibsa, showing how people live on the edge of the tide.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Kalyan Dighi
Rajbari · কল্যাণ দীঘিA large old dighi in Baliakandi, a calm stretch of open water amid village fields.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Karpashdanga
Chuadanga · কার্পাসডাঙ্গাAn old river trading village with indigo factory ruins and a small Nazrul memorial.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Kheturi Dham, Premtali
Rajshahi · খেতুরী ধাম, প্রেমতলীA Vaishnav pilgrimage site on the Padma linked with the 16th-century saint Narottam Das Thakur.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Khoa Sagar Dighi
Lakshmipur · খোয়া সাগর দিঘিA huge old pond near Dalal Bazar, wrapped in local legend and quiet, tree-lined banks.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Khunia Dighi Liberation War Memorial
Thakurgaon · খুনিয়া দিঘি বধ্যভূমিA large old pond in Ranisankail where some of Thakurgaon's worst 1971 killings took place, now marked by a memorial.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Lakmachhara
Sunamganj · লাকমাছড়াA rocky stream flowing out of the border hills near Tekerghat, with a waterfall visible across the line.
Representative photo Hidden place Laldighi Nine-Dome Mosque, Badarganj
Rangpur · লালদিঘি নয় গম্বুজ মসজিদ, বদরগঞ্জA Mughal-period nine-domed brick mosque beside the Laldighi tank in Badarganj upazila.
Representative photo Hidden place Lokayan Life Diversity Museum, Akcha
Thakurgaon · লোকায়ন জীবন বৈচিত্র্য জাদুঘর, আকচাA village museum 4 km north of Thakurgaon town with folk objects, ethnic culture, river water from 200 rivers and a Liberation War gallery.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Lotkon Orchards of Shibpur
Narsingdi · শিবপুরের লটকন বাগানTrees whose trunks are covered in clusters of golden lotkon fruit, a striking sight in early monsoon.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Mashajan's Dighi
Habiganj · মশাজানের দিঘীA huge old tank south of Habiganj town, dug in the early 16th century by a Sufi family of Taraf.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Mir Mosharraf Hossain's birthplace, Lahinipara
Kushtia · লাহিনীপাড়ায় মীর মশাররফ হোসেনের বাস্তুভিটাThe village home of the author of Bishad Sindhu, with a small library and memorial.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Naldanga Zamindar Bari
Gaibandha · নলডাঙ্গা জমিদার বাড়িScant remains of the Lahiri zamindars' seat in Sadullapur: two temples, a well and a big pond.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Naodanga Zamindar Bari
Kurigram · নাওডাঙ্গা জমিদার বাড়িThe overgrown remains of the Bakshi family's zamindar house in Phulbari, near the Dharla.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Nateshwar Buddhist Site
Munshiganj · নাটেশ্বর বৌদ্ধ বিহারRecently excavated Buddhist stupas and monastery walls hinting at Bikrampur's ancient learning.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Nihar Ranjan Gupta's ancestral house
Narail · নীহাররঞ্জন গুপ্তের পৈতৃক বাড়িThe old family home of the famous Bengali crime novelist, now a protected monument in Lohagara.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Noudabas Sal Forest
Lalmonirhat · নওদাবাস শালবনAn old patch of sal forest east of Hatibandha, quiet apart from birds and the rustle of cane.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Potajia Navaratna Temple
Sirajganj · পোতাজিয়া নবরত্ন মন্দিরA three-storey Navaratna temple from around 1700, standing alone in a Shahzadpur village.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Ranikhong Mission
Netrokona · রানীখং মিশনA Catholic mission church on a hilltop above the Someshwari, with wide views of the river and border hills.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Saat Shahid Mazar, Lengura
Netrokona · সাত শহীদের মাজার, লেঙ্গুরাThe graves of seven freedom fighters at the foot of the border hills in Lengura, Kalmakanda.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Sat Math (Seven Temples), Chhagalnaiya
Feni · সাত মঠ, ছাগলনাইয়াSeven memorial temples beside an abandoned zamindar house in Chhagalnaiya town.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Shilua Stone (Shilua Temple site)
Feni · শিলুয়ার শিলA mysterious ancient stone carrying an early Brahmi inscription in a Chhagalnaiya village.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Sugandha river ghats
Jhalokathi · সুগন্ধা নদীর ঘাটOld ghats of a river trading town where the Sugandha and Bishkhali meet.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Swami Nigamananda Ashram, Kutubpur
Meherpur · স্বামী নিগমানন্দ আশ্রম, কুতুবপুরAn ashram at the birthplace of the Bengali saint Swami Nigamananda, in a village north of Meherpur town.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Swarupkathi canal nurseries
Pirojpur · স্বরূপকাঠির নার্সারিCanals lined with plant nurseries and timber yards, best explored by small boat.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Ulpur Zamindar Bari
Gopalganj · উলপুর জমিদার বাড়িThe crumbling buildings of a large Hindu zamindar estate in a village west of Gopalganj town.
Representative photo Hidden place ▶ Video Water Museum (Pani Jadughar), Kalapara
Patuakhali · পানি জাদুঘর, কলাপাড়াA small museum about Bangladesh's rivers, with water bottled from dozens of them, old fishing gear and river songs.