Lijiang, China
Blue Moon Valley
A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.
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Lijiang, China
A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.
Enshi, China
This highest bridge in the world spans such a great chasm that it had to be established using rockets.
Zhengzhou, China
A magical work of architecture where a wind turbine enables monks to levitate.
Hangzhou, China
China's very own Atlantis is an ornate dynastic city resting at the bottom of a lake.
Shanghai, China
China's most famous acrobatics act.
Changsha, China
The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.
Beijing, China
This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.
Beijing, China
Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.
Xingtai Shi, China
This terrifying glass bridge on the side of a mountain cracks as you step on it.
Xilin Gol, China
The largest dinosaurs in the world, kissing above the highway.
Quzhou , China
Discovered after draining a local pond, these ancient man-made caves are still a complete mystery.
Beijing, China
Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.
Datong, China
Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.
Tianshui, China
Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.
Leshan, China
This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.
Zhangjiajie, China
The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.
Kunming, China
270 million year-old forest of stone.
Shanghai, China
This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.
Zhangjiajie, China
For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.
Zhangjiajie, China
A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.
Isfahan, Iran
The cathedral stands in New Jufa, Isfahan's Armenian quarter that was established in 1606.
Stockholm, Sweden
Twice a year, this floating library delivers thousands of books to the remote islands of Stockholm’s archipelago.
Pátzcuaro, Mexico
This 16th-century church now has a heavenly second life as a cultural hub of Pátzcuaro.
Yerevan, Armenia
This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.