Great Wall of China

Didn t expect this one, did you? Sure, the Great Wall of China has sections that are jam packed with khaki clad tourists, but this celebrated structure also has some very remote sections with rarely seen beauty, including deserts, mountains, bamboo forests, and more. Government restrictions, time requirements, extreme weather conditions, and the sheer enormity of this 5,500 mile trek across China makes a thru hike an extremely obstacle laden adventure, but if the Mongols and other nomadic tribes could overcome their barrier to entry, so can you.