China has just unveiled the “Goddess” escalator in Wushan—a mind-blowing, half-mile-long system of escalators and lifts that climbs straight up a steep mountainside like it’s trying to reach heaven itself. It takes nearly 21 minutes to ride from bottom to top, and locals are already using it to skip the exhausting walk. Porters carrying heavy loads on bamboo poles are probably the happiest, while visitors are left wondering why their own cities can’t have something this extra. It’s engineering that literally takes you to new heights.
China Built the World’s Largest Outdoor Escalator, and It’s a Modern Marvel That Looks Like It Never Stops Rising Into the Sky
