The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

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

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

The former Nazi concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

An underground city of salt.

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.