Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.

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.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

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

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

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.

The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

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

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

Not one, not two, but three natural bridges remain in this captivating spot post-sinkhole.

270 million year-old forest of stone.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

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

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 fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

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

This burial cave houses around 100 ancient coffins, neatly stacked to form a massive wall.

A small statue of child Jesus given by Magellan in 1521

A vast personal collection of World War II artifacts unearthed over many years by a father-son duo.