Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.

This massive neon wheel is the only one of its kind to be built over a bridge.

This aquarium has almost as many world records as it does fish.

A studio devoted to keeping hundreds of unique Chinese arts alive.

Thousands of locks professing undying devotion line the metal chains of Lotus Peak.

The largest statue in the world towers at 420 feet high atop another 66 feet of pedestal.

130 replicas of world wonders squeezed into just 118 acres of space.

Unique geological formations in China, featuring some suggestive shapes.

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

Hundreds of caves filled with thousands of centuries-old statues and murals.

The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.

China's most famous acrobatics act.

A bisected journey through evolution's history in the heart of Beijing.

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

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

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

China's very own Atlantis is an ornate dynastic city resting at the bottom of a lake.

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

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

The tiny statues form China's only known terracotta army from the Han dynasty.

A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

Hidden behind musical flora and forgotten for over a thousand years, this cave is now a neon dream.

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.