At the right time of day, sunlight floods through the roof of this cave and illuminates the small pavilion hidden within.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Not one, not two, but three natural bridges remain in this captivating spot post-sinkhole.

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.

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

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.