This otherworldly palace-mausoleum complex is the stuff eternal dreams are made of.

A mecca for India's Jains.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

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

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

A spectacular annual festival centers around humans throwing molten iron against a wall at night.

130 replicas of world wonders squeezed into just 118 acres of space.

A studio devoted to keeping hundreds of unique Chinese arts alive.

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

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

A cliff-hanging restaurant.

Beijing's World Park offers the excitement of international sites without the travel.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

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

A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.

Discovered after draining a local pond, these ancient man-made caves are still a complete mystery.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.