Natives of this mud-brick desert village use an ancient irrigation system to grow sweet, seedless grapes.

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

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

It took an artist 20 years to create this sprawling sculpture garden honoring the area's ancient inhabitants.

Comprised of thousands of cave temple carvings this cornucopia of ancient Chinese stone art is unrivaled anywhere in the world.

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

The highest monastery in the world operates a tiny guesthouse with doors open to all.

China's mysterious record-setting sleeping Buddha.

Walled family complexes in Southern China.

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

The field of tiny caves that mark this Chinese cliffside are each their own historic Buddhist temple.

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

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

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

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

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.

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

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.

Not a single witness can attest to the creation of the world's largest geoglyph.