Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

A natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

Described as "the world's most blinging pool."

270 million year-old forest of stone.

A tunnel dug through the side of a mountain by hand provides convenient yet death-defying access to a small village in China.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.

The largest dinosaurs in the world, kissing above the highway.

The largest traditional Chinese medicine market in the world sells ingredients that may make you squirm.

Nova reconstruction of the bridge that baffled engineers for years.

Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.

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

A golden temple atop a sacred mountain, known for its giant effigy of the revered Pu Xian.

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.

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.