After witnessing the rise and fall of three empires, this ancient city was finally destroyed by a series of earthquakes.

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.

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

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

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

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

The largest traditional Chinese medicine market in the world sells ingredients that may make you squirm.

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

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

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.

999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

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

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

Beijing's World Park offers the excitement of international sites without the travel.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

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

The field of tiny caves that mark this Chinese cliffside are each their own historic Buddhist temple.

The bizarre rocks of Đavolja Varoš are the result of natural erosion.

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.