Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Home to around 40 different species, this forest was also the setting for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

These excavated burials from the Tarim Basin are wrapped in mystery.

This tunnel looks like a sliver of Shanghai that's stuck in the past.

This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.

The ancient remains of this natural fortress can still be found along the Silk Road looking surprisingly preserved.

The western-most fortress on the Great Wall of China has gone from a strategic stronghold to a kitschy tourist carnival.

Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.

Stretching almost 2,000 feet, this painting is one of the longest pieces of Buddhist artwork in the world.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

Hundreds of caves filled with thousands of centuries-old statues and murals.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.