Places cynthiamonster Wants to Go

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

China's most famous acrobatics act.

Lifelike statue of the Chinese philosopher in the bathtub.

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

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

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

A Viking-themed bar in a canal town for those retreating from the hustle and bustle of Shanghai.

9,000 years of carnal history is on display at China's original Museum of Sex.

This incredible Chinese theme park may be the largest bootleg in history.

Thousands of locks professing undying devotion line the metal chains of Lotus Peak.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

16,500-acre ranch filled with American heritage, geological wonders, and a giant pile of tires is the crown jewel of an intriguing tug-of-war.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.