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Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

This former Cyprus flight hub is now a crumbling, abandoned ghost complex.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

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

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

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

A tunnel dug through the side of a mountain by hand provides convenient yet death-defying access to a small village in China.

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

A complex and beautiful system of rice terraces covers a million acres over the mountains.

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.

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

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

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

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.

Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.

More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.

The historic cave is both a symbol of superstition and black magic and inspired one of the early Christian converts in Botswana.

Local legend has it that the first humans were created in the pools here, leaving their footprints behind in the rock.