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More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

A riverside stone memorial dedicated to an unidentified hero.

This under-visited temple is nestled within one of Shanghai's traditional shikumen-style residential blocks.

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

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

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

One of the word's deepest gorges is also tied to a fantastic legend.

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

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

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

It seems that the residents of of this megalopolis suddenly vanished, but they were never actually there.

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

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

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

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

The world's largest natural arch was forgotten for over 50 years after its discovery.

A spectacular annual festival centers around humans throwing molten iron against a wall at night.

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

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

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