A labyrinth of clothing, electronics, and other counterfeit items.

The birthplace of modern China.

The powerful party began with a secret meeting in this shikumen in 1921.

This bar is home to what's likely the oldest living jazz band in the world.

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

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

China's most famous acrobatics act.

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

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

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

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."