More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

A mecca for India's Jains.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

Forgotten for decades, the first medical school built in Communist China is full of surprises today.

Three floors above a 2,000-year-old royal tomb is a rare collection of ancient porcelain pillows.

A quiet ode to Communist China's propaganda machine, including a newspaper edited by Mao Zedong's own hand.

A small gallery and shop dedicated to an ancient style of hand-printed textile.

The world's foremost museum dedicated entirely to the abacus.

Natives of this mud-brick desert village use an ancient irrigation system to grow sweet, seedless grapes.

Urine-soaked Chinese eggs.

This Cold War–era underground city includes offices for Mao Zedong and Lin Biao.

Small Chinese fishing village impeccably maintained for visitors.

A clay house decorated with ceramic chips in Tianjin.

A replica of the Statue of Liberty watches over the tomb of 72 Chinese revolutionaries.

A museum and memorial built amid the rubble of a town obliterated by nature.

Massive fortified towers blend North American and Chinese architecture.

China's monumental dinosaur museum featuring an open dig site.

This weekly market in the remote oasis city of Hotan still has the atmosphere of the old Silk Road.