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

Massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

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

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

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

This massive neon wheel is the only one of its kind to be built over a bridge.

A clay house decorated with ceramic chips in Tianjin.

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

A large wind turbine installation in central Washington State is home to an extensive set of interpretive exhibits.

An eclectic collection of wind-powered sculptures made from found and recycled materials.

D.C. once had its own tiny rival to the New York Stock Exchange.

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

Disks are rolled out onto the south lawn to absorb the impact of Marine One's wheels like giant coffee coasters.