Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

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

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

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

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

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

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

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

A fantastic assortment of China's finest and most disturbing wares.

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

Sharks, stingrays, and turtles swim in the pools at this former elementary school.

Every spring, this walkway outside the Japan Mint turns into a cherry blossom tunnel.

Passengers are not allowed to set foot outside this station, but you can still enjoy spectacular views of the sea from the platform.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

Nestled in an unassuming residential area, this "forbidden forest" is rumored to spirit away those who dare to enter.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.