The western-most fortress on the Great Wall of China has gone from a strategic stronghold to a kitschy tourist carnival.

Hundreds of caves filled with thousands of centuries-old statues and murals.

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

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

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

270 million year-old forest of stone.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

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

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.