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

A Viking-themed bar in a canal town for those retreating from the hustle and bustle of Shanghai.

This supermarket in Shanghai appears to be a typical Chinese convenience store, but all of the bottles are empty and all the containers are filled with nothing but air.

Lifelike statue of the Chinese philosopher in the bathtub.

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

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."