A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.

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

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

270 million year-old forest of stone.

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

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

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.”

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

A cliff-hanging restaurant.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

After a short 5 year run, this former major theme park sits in ruin.

An abandoned giant glass dome sits in the bay in “the Venice of the East.”

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

The largest example of the “snail well” unique to the Musashino Plateau region.

Originally built circa 13-14th century, this “snail well” was a resourceful means to draw water in a region where the soil was mostly loam.

This abandoned railroad got a new life as a scenic promenade cutting through the city of Otaru.

Home to 800-year-old zen basin, a 400-year-old pilgrim’s path, and a century-old industrial grotto.

Considered an enigma by folklorists, an object of primitive animistic worship lives on in Yamanashi.

Model trains whizz around an extensive room-sized diorama of Kyoto City.