Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

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

Nova reconstruction of the bridge that baffled engineers for years.

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

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

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

This highest bridge in the world spans such a great chasm that it had to be established using rockets.

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.

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

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

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

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

This Cold War–era underground city includes offices for Mao Zedong and Lin Biao.

A cliff-hanging restaurant.

This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.

China's very own Atlantis is an ornate dynastic city resting at the bottom of a lake.

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

China's most famous acrobatics act.

The masses at this church incorporate enough moonshine and animal sacrifice that they are no longer recognizably Catholic.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.

The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.

Where hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide to avoid being captured by American soldiers during WWII.