A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.

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

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

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

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

The tiny statues form China's only known terracotta army from the Han dynasty.

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

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

A natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

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.

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

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.