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

Two ancient Buddhist temples crown this dramatic rocky pinnacle.

Stone shrouds of Prince Liu Sheng and Princess Dou Wan of the Han Dynasty, created to preserve their flesh for eternity.

Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.

China's beehive-shaped pyramids house the remains of a lost kingdom.

China's mysterious record-setting sleeping Buddha.

Sited in an Inner Mongolian desert are the remnants of an important trade stop along the Silk Road.

A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

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

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

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

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

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

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