Places ArchaeArtist Wants to Go

The world's largest ginkgo tree contains a hollow so large a man once lived in it for two years.

China's biggest e-waste village.

The largest traditional Chinese medicine market in the world sells ingredients that may make you squirm.

A palatial horse museum outside Shanghai is home to the most pampered horses in the world.

This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.

Stone shrouds of Prince Liu Sheng and Princess Dou Wan of the Han Dynasty, created to preserve their flesh for eternity.

This terrifying glass bridge on the side of a mountain cracks as you step on it.

Comprised of thousands of cave temple carvings this cornucopia of ancient Chinese stone art is unrivaled anywhere in the world.

China's beehive-shaped pyramids house the remains of a lost kingdom.

A fantastic assortment of China's finest and most disturbing wares.

This quiet area of Yunnan Province annually transforms into an unbelievable sea of yellow flowers.

A bisected journey through evolution's history in the heart of Beijing.

Walled family complexes in Southern China.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

China's most famous acrobatics act.

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

Thousands of locks professing undying devotion line the metal chains of Lotus Peak.

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

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

At nearly 1,000 feet long, this astonishing glass suspension bridge is one of the longest in the world.

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.

Hidden behind musical flora and forgotten for over a thousand years, this cave is now a neon dream.

A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.