Walled family complexes in Southern China.

It seems that the residents of of this megalopolis suddenly vanished, but they were never actually there.

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

Where better to stay the night than inside a trio of ancient Chinese deities representing "the good life."

A magical work of architecture where a wind turbine enables monks to levitate.

Forgotten German bunkers in China create a sharp cultural contrast.

A cliff-hanging restaurant.

The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.

China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.

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

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

This incredible Chinese theme park may be the largest bootleg in history.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

A complex and beautiful system of rice terraces covers a million acres over the mountains.

A tunnel dug through the side of a mountain by hand provides convenient yet death-defying access to a small village in China.

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.

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

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.

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

Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.