12 places to live differently

The World's Highest City — where vast grasslands meet Khampa Tibetan culture

The last pure land on the blue planet — a Tibetan realm of sacred snow peaks

Tibetan heart of Yunnan — snow peaks, alpine meadows, and sacred mountain culture.

A Himalayan frontier valley where Tibet meets Nepal — and its name means "Happy Village."

China's last frontier town on the Pamir Plateau

Grassland temples under the sacred Mt. Yala

The world's largest Tibetan Buddhist academy and an endless corridor of prayer wheels.

A Tibetan stone-village valley that explorer Joseph Rock called paradise on Earth.

The Sunlit Holy City on the Roof of the World

Tibet's lush southeast — where snow peaks meet alpine valleys

Tibet's hero city of ancient forts and the Kumbum's hundred thousand Buddhas

Glaciers, snow peaks, and valleys of wild peach blossoms in Tibet's southern gateway.