A complex and beautiful system of rice terraces covers a million acres over the mountains.

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

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

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

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

The powerful party began with a secret meeting in this shikumen in 1921.

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

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

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

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

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

A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.