Places breaingram Wants to Go

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

Have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul.

Sited in an Inner Mongolian desert are the remnants of an important trade stop along the Silk Road.

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.

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

Hundreds of large Russian nesting dolls decorate this square, and the largest is a functioning hotel.

The histories of modern Chinese literature and anti-Japanese resistance collide in this Shanghai park.

These picturesque structures speckle the hill above the monastery.

Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.

These excavated burials from the Tarim Basin are wrapped in mystery.

An exquisite example of Uyghur Islamic architecture.

This weekly market in the remote oasis city of Hotan still has the atmosphere of the old Silk Road.

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

The wartime boat shelter now doubles as an underground concert hall where musicians play on rafts along the waterway.

A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.

This ancient sword lay in a waterlogged tomb for 2,500 years, but managed to remain relatively untarnished and impressively sharp.

A tidal bore with its own festival.

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

A museum and memorial built amid the rubble of a town obliterated by nature.

With former lives as a bomb shelter and government parking lot, this shop is one of China’s most extraordinary locales for book-lovers.

These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.

The field of tiny caves that mark this Chinese cliffside are each their own historic Buddhist temple.

Forgotten German bunkers in China create a sharp cultural contrast.

The family compound and final resting place for the philosopher, Confucius, and over 100,000 of his descendants.