This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

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

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

A total of 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.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

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

The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

A fascinating little museum all about the rich history of Peru’s famous plant.

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

An ancient city hidden in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

A brightly colored natural bridge formed by mineral-rich hot springs high up in the Andes.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.