This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

The oldest teak bridge in the world is made from the remains of a royal palace.

This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.

A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

The family compound and final resting place for the philosopher, Confucius, and over 100,000 of his descendants.

The powerful party began with a secret meeting in this shikumen in 1921.

Made by river sediment, it is the largest alluvial fan in the world.

The highest bridge in the world rises a dizzying 1,854 feet above the river.

Small Chinese fishing village impeccably maintained for visitors.

A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.

This temple located on a vertical drop of a rocky mountain houses relics from the Song Dynasty.

Unusual outdoor collection of sculptures.

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

An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.

The world's largest ginkgo tree contains a hollow so large a man once lived in it for two years.

China's monumental dinosaur museum featuring an open dig site.

Man-made waterfall is the tallest in Mainland China.

Are these prehistoric metal pipes evidence of alien plumbers? Nope, but they are amazing nonetheless.

The so-called "Richest Village In China" is either a model Communist town or a dystopian sham.

A spectacular annual festival centers around humans throwing molten iron against a wall at night.

This Tibetan monastery has survived multiple attacks and is also a sky burial site.

The western-most fortress on the Great Wall of China has gone from a strategic stronghold to a kitschy tourist carnival.

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