This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Bold contestants slide in a rice paddy behind two charging bulls.

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

A centuries-old lookout post still sits atop a natural stone spire.

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

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.