The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

This former Cyprus flight hub is now a crumbling, abandoned ghost complex.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

On special occasions, one of the world's tallest artificial waterfalls gushes down the side of this Chinese skyscraper.

This aquarium has almost as many world records as it does fish.

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

350-foot-high emperor faces in China's Yellow River valley.

Man-made waterfall is the tallest in Mainland China.

The burial grounds of a Chinese eunuch who served his way into the highest levels of Imperial government.

The so-called "Richest Village In China" is either a model Communist town or a dystopian sham.

A golden temple atop a sacred mountain, known for its giant effigy of the revered Pu Xian.

This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.

A palatial horse museum outside Shanghai is home to the most pampered horses in the world.

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

A Chinese mining company has created the world's first cloned village in this perfect recreation of an Austrian town.

Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.

In its continuing quest to recreate famous parts of the world in miniature, China now has its own ghost Paris.

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

China's beehive-shaped pyramids house the remains of a lost kingdom.

The largest radio telescope in the world searches for extraterrestrial life from the remote limestone peaks of southern China.

Stretching almost 2,000 feet, this painting is one of the longest pieces of Buddhist artwork in the world.