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Zhangjiajie

Rising from the subtropical and temperate forests of northwest Hunan, Zhangjiajie (张家界; Zhāngjiājiè) has a concentration of quartzite-sandstone formations found nowhere else in the world. Some 243 peaks and more than 3000 pinnacles and spires dominate the scenery in this Unesco-protected park. If caught in the right light or when the early-morning mountain mist rolls in around them, the effect is otherworldly.

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park towering stone pillars, with a rushing stream in the foreground surrounded by trees

Lukas Bischoff/Getty Images

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