Places aemem Wants to Go

Man-made waterfall is the tallest in Mainland China.

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

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

This theme park presents 5,000 years of Shanghai history and includes a "sunken" exhibition hall.

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

These mountain hot springs have seen power struggles, doomed romances, and a generalissimo's attempted escape from mutiny.

A small gallery and shop dedicated to an ancient style of hand-printed textile.

The world's largest ginkgo tree contains a hollow so large a man once lived in it for two years.

The burial grounds of a Chinese eunuch who served his way into the highest levels of Imperial government.

A golden temple atop a sacred mountain, known for its giant effigy of the revered Pu Xian.

An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.

A Chinese mining company has created the world's first cloned village in this perfect recreation of an Austrian town.

In its continuing quest to recreate famous parts of the world in miniature, China now has its own ghost Paris.

This weekly market in the remote oasis city of Hotan still has the atmosphere of the old Silk Road.

Natives of this mud-brick desert village use an ancient irrigation system to grow sweet, seedless grapes.

This ancient sword lay in a waterlogged tomb for 2,500 years, but managed to remain relatively untarnished and impressively sharp.

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

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

Stone shrouds of Prince Liu Sheng and Princess Dou Wan of the Han Dynasty, created to preserve their flesh for eternity.

No one is exactly sure why over a hundred lakes have formed amongst the tallest sand dunes on Earth.

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

China's beehive-shaped pyramids house the remains of a lost kingdom.

China's mysterious record-setting sleeping Buddha.

This quiet area of Yunnan Province annually transforms into an unbelievable sea of yellow flowers.