Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.

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

Two ancient Buddhist temples crown this dramatic rocky pinnacle.

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

Not one, not two, but three natural bridges remain in this captivating spot post-sinkhole.

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

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

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

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

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

This sprawling market is a one-stop shop for traditional Kazakh foods, from mare’s milk to sheep’s head.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

The lovely lake that was naturally dammed, then naturally destroyed, then unnaturally saved.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.