The largest radio telescope in the world searches for extraterrestrial life from the remote limestone peaks of southern China.

Comprised of thousands of cave temple carvings this cornucopia of ancient Chinese stone art is unrivaled anywhere in the world.

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

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

An impactful museum ensures notorious war crimes disguised as "medical experimentation" won't soon be forgotten.

Walled family complexes in Southern China.

It seems that the residents of of this megalopolis suddenly vanished, but they were never actually there.

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

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

9,000 years of carnal history is on display at China's original Museum of Sex.

A cliff-hanging restaurant.

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

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

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

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

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

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

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

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

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.