Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.

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

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

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

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

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

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

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

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

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

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

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

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

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.

270 million year-old forest of stone.

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

Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.