Places amandahagar Wants to Go

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

This bridge dates back to the 9th century and allows visitors to walk an ancient path amid modern industrial trappings.

The Chinese have long been excellent at the art of copying, but this epic replica takes the biscuit.

Unusual outdoor collection of sculptures.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

No one is exactly sure why over a hundred lakes have formed amongst the tallest sand dunes on Earth.

This massive neon wheel is the only one of its kind to be built over a bridge.

China's mysterious record-setting sleeping Buddha.

The largest radio telescope in the world searches for extraterrestrial life from the remote limestone peaks of southern China.

The largest statue in the world towers at 420 feet high atop another 66 feet of pedestal.

The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.

Beijing's World Park offers the excitement of international sites without the travel.

The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.