A clay house decorated with ceramic chips in Tianjin.

Genitals, claws, and faces are served at this Beijing eatery.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

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

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

The underground hideout of a Japanese soldier for whom World War II ended in 1972.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.

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

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

A studio devoted to keeping hundreds of unique Chinese arts alive.

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

Beijing's World Park offers the excitement of international sites without the travel.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

This working replica of the 'Friends' coffee shop is more accurate to the show than the set itself.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.