Places birdrafwyld Wants to Go

A museum and memorial built amid the rubble of a town obliterated by nature.

Thanks to a bit of wordplay, seven auspicious stone cats guard this ancient canalside street.

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

This highest bridge in the world spans such a great chasm that it had to be established using rockets.

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

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

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

This aquarium has almost as many world records as it does fish.

The highest monastery in the world operates a tiny guesthouse with doors open to all.

130 replicas of world wonders squeezed into just 118 acres of space.

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

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

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

Natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

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

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.