Places criss2acorse Wants to Go

A rare instance of a historical Peshawari mansion restored and opened to the public.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

Genitals, claws, and faces are served at this Beijing eatery.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

A chinese farmer builds robots from scrap.

North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.

A studio devoted to keeping hundreds of unique Chinese arts alive.

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

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

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

A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.

Rainbow-hued in the summer and crystalline in the winter, this salty lake has inspired battles, temples, and plenty of awe.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

270 million year-old forest of stone.

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

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.