Once the capital of the Mughal empire, today Agra is a sprawling industrial city synonymous with the Taj Mahal. The Taj Mahal, built on the banks of the Yamuna River, is India’s most famous building and is described as the most extravagant monument ever built for love. The Taj was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial for his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Agra has much more to offer than just the Taj Mahal – the massive red-sandstone Agra Fort started by Akbar the Great, Akbar’s Mausoleum, an impressive sandstone and marble structure at Sikandra and the Itimad-Ud-Daulah, nicknamed the Baby Taj – to name a few!