These picturesque structures speckle the hill above the monastery.

A collection of cafes and shops all crafted from recycled storage containers.

Two ancient Buddhist temples crown this dramatic rocky pinnacle.

These mountain hot springs have seen power struggles, doomed romances, and a generalissimo's attempted escape from mutiny.

This tunnel looks like a sliver of Shanghai that's stuck in the past.

This under-visited temple is nestled within one of Shanghai's traditional shikumen-style residential blocks.

This ancient sword lay in a waterlogged tomb for 2,500 years, but managed to remain relatively untarnished and impressively sharp.

This top secret Chinese military megaproject is the world’s largest human-made tunnel structure.

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

China has many statues of the general and war god, but none are as epic as this.

Two nearly identical Chinese pagodas stand side by side, along with ancient stone relics.

Rainbow-hued in the summer and crystalline in the winter, this salty lake has inspired battles, temples, and plenty of awe.

Hundreds of large Russian nesting dolls decorate this square, and the largest is a functioning hotel.

Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.

Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

Even King Tut was intrigued by the glass of the Great Sand Sea.