A complex and beautiful system of rice terraces covers a million acres over the mountains.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.

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

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

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

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

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

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

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

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

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

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

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

These unconventional "tub boats" let locals row around the island's turbulent coast.

A whimsical museum dedicated to the mischievous kappa, a mythical cucumber-loving water sprite.

Japan's longest-running music festival takes place on an isolated butterfly-shaped island.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

Along the side of the road on a small Japanese island is an extensive garden of uniquely designed Shisa statues.

A temple made famous by Japanese Buddhist monks who sacrificed themselves at sea.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.