Places aoliviadrury Wants to Go

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

Rainbow-hued in the summer and crystalline in the winter, this salty lake has inspired battles, temples, and plenty of awe.

This incredible Chinese theme park may be the largest bootleg in history.

Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

Natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

Snow-capped peaks, colorful waterfalls and stunning vistas on the edge of the Himalayas.

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

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.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

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

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

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

Feast your eyes on the centuries-old statues of the judges of hell.

Retro as can be, this cinema still uses film reels and screens revivals of Shōwa-era hits and classics.

The alleged site of the months-long imprisonment of a Japanese prince.

Japan Railways' southernmost train station offers a view of a volcano and a mailbox said to grant happiness.

Once a huge limestone cave that collapsed thousands of years ago, this scenic ravine is also an important archaeological site.

Home to 800-year-old zen basin, a 400-year-old pilgrim’s path, and a century-old industrial grotto.

An eclectic temple with Chinese architecture, Korean lion-dogs, an Indian god and a legendary 700-year-old tree.

The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.

A narrow, dead-end alley hides with a small fox shrine and the untold history of Yokohama's historic red-light district.

Two ogres stand guard at the Oga Visitor Center.