One of the largest necropolises in the world is home to a stunning array of historic Middle Eastern tombs.

Reputedly haunted sandstone necropolis with exquisite stone carvings.

This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

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

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

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

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

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

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

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

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.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

A stone circle on the slopes of a Caribbean volcano commemorates the leader of an anti-slavery uprising.

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.

These stairs were built to accommodate royals mounted on elephants.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

An oddly conical beacon perched atop beautiful Irish cliffs.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.

A centuries-old lookout post still sits atop a natural stone spire.