Where better to stay the night than inside a trio of ancient Chinese deities representing "the good life."

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

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

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

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

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

Discovered after draining a local pond, these ancient man-made caves are still a complete mystery.

This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

Massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

A natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

270 million year-old forest of stone.

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

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

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

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

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

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

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

The ruins of an ancient Zoroastrian Tower of Silence believed to be the earliest example of the traditional funerary practice.