Places ERuler39 Wants to Go

A replica of the first seismoscope ever invented.

A memorial to those who died at the hands of the Kuomintang while fighting for communism in China.

The family compound and final resting place for the philosopher, Confucius, and over 100,000 of his descendants.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

A replica of the Statue of Liberty watches over the tomb of 72 Chinese revolutionaries.

350-foot-high emperor faces in China's Yellow River valley.

China has many statues of the general and war god, but none are as epic as this.

Inside this museum is an ongoing excavation of an ancient shipwreck.

This Cold War–era underground city includes offices for Mao Zedong and Lin Biao.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Comprised of thousands of cave temple carvings this cornucopia of ancient Chinese stone art is unrivaled anywhere in the world.

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

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

The largest radio telescope in the world searches for extraterrestrial life from the remote limestone peaks of southern China.

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

Forgotten German bunkers in China create a sharp cultural contrast.

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

Sited in an Inner Mongolian desert are the remnants of an important trade stop along the Silk Road.

The largest statue in the world towers at 420 feet high atop another 66 feet of pedestal.