"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

A bisected journey through evolution's history in the heart of Beijing.

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.

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

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

The hottest place on the planet.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.