Zhangye Shi, China
Zhangye National Geopark
These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.
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Zhangye Shi, China
These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.
Aba, China
Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.
Zhangjiajie, China
A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.
Beijing, China
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Shengshan Island, China
This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.
Zhangjiajie, China
This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”
Panjin Shi, China
A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.
Bati, Cambodia
Dedicated to improving the plight of the rare scaly anteater.
Lumphat, Cambodia
The river depicted in the antiwar film 'Apocalypse Now' was likely based on this Mekong tributary.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A secluded, little-known temple hidden amid the dense jungle.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The capital of Cambodia is named after the hill on which this ancient temple complex stands.
Krong Battambang, Cambodia
Take a hidden path to the mouth of the cave to watch millions of bats swarm at sunset.
Krong Kaeb, Cambodia
An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.
Krong Battambang, Cambodia
A gruesome memorial for those lost in this area during the Khmer Rouge genocide.
Kantuot, Cambodia
This impressive clifftop temple was once at the center of an international custody dispute.
Krong Battambang, Cambodia
Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.
Prasat Sambour, Cambodia
More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.
Phumi Khna RĂ´ngvoas, Cambodia
This Cambodian riverbed is covered in ancient Hindu carvings both above and below the waters.
Kampot Province, Cambodia
A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Bhutan
One of Bhutan's oldest temples was purportedly built to stop a giant female ogre from preventing the spread of Buddhism across Tibet.