The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.

This incredible Chinese theme park may be the largest bootleg in history.

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

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

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

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

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

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.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

Costa Rican accommodation resembles a crash site, but with a nice balcony.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.