Mandalay, Myanmar
World's Largest Book at Kuthodaw Pagoda
This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."
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Mandalay, Myanmar
This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."
Mandalay, Myanmar
The oldest teak bridge in the world is made from the remains of a royal palace.
Myanmar
This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.
Inn Wa, Myanmar
A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.
Nyaung-U, Myanmar
Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.
Jining, China
The family compound and final resting place for the philosopher, Confucius, and over 100,000 of his descendants.
Shanghai, China
The powerful party began with a secret meeting in this shikumen in 1921.
Bayingol, China
Made by river sediment, it is the largest alluvial fan in the world.
Qujing, China
The highest bridge in the world rises a dizzying 1,854 feet above the river.
Qionghai, China
Small Chinese fishing village impeccably maintained for visitors.
Shanghai, China
A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.
Haidong Shi, China
This temple located on a vertical drop of a rocky mountain houses relics from the Song Dynasty.
Zhongshan, China
Unusual outdoor collection of sculptures.
Zhangjiajie, China
The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”
Beijing, China
An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.
Longnan, China
The world's largest ginkgo tree contains a hollow so large a man once lived in it for two years.
Zigong, China
China's monumental dinosaur museum featuring an open dig site.
Guangzhou, China
Man-made waterfall is the tallest in Mainland China.
Haixi, China
Are these prehistoric metal pipes evidence of alien plumbers? Nope, but they are amazing nonetheless.
Jiangyin, China
The so-called "Richest Village In China" is either a model Communist town or a dystopian sham.
Tangshan, China
A spectacular annual festival centers around humans throwing molten iron against a wall at night.
Lhasa, Tibet
This Tibetan monastery has survived multiple attacks and is also a sky burial site.
Jiayuguan, China
The western-most fortress on the Great Wall of China has gone from a strategic stronghold to a kitschy tourist carnival.
Jiuquan, China
Hundreds of caves filled with thousands of centuries-old statues and murals.