Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

Snow-capped peaks, colorful waterfalls and stunning vistas on the edge of the Himalayas.

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.

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

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.

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

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

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

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

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

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

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

Underneath the historic center of Mexico City, the remains of a temple dedicated to the Aztec god of the wind.

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

This immense scene of a cosmic battle between a jaguar and serpent illustrates the Aztec concept of the duality of life.

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.