Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

This bright pink Gandhi memorial was built so that sunshine hits a specific spot on his birthday.

Picnic on the seashore in the footsteps of ancient kings, protected by giant mythical cat beasts.

Time has stopped at the house where Gandhi died.

A once-stately trading fort is now a ruin slowly being consumed by the sea.

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

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

A magical work of architecture where a wind turbine enables monks to levitate.

Thanks to the building of a life-giving reservoir, part of the Great Wall of China is now a dive site.

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

At nearly 1,000 feet long, this astonishing glass suspension bridge is one of the longest in the world.

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

A striking series of six bridges connect islands in Indonesia.

The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.

This monument marks where the exact middle of the world used to be.