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

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

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

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

These mountain hot springs have seen power struggles, doomed romances, and a generalissimo's attempted escape from mutiny.

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

A shrine to the missionary who first brought Islam to China.

The world's tallest circular building is loaded with symbolism, but many just see a big donut.

This under-visited temple is nestled within one of Shanghai's traditional shikumen-style residential blocks.

A KFC honors an eighth-century Chinese poet with holograms and verse.

Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

Explore a traditional Albanian dwelling that pays tribute to the region's rich history.

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

In the heart of Tirana, this underground nuclear bunker has been transformed into a museum.

One of the best examples of a Byzantine period monument in Albania.

On top of a resort town as old as the Bronze Age sits an incredible war memorial statue overlooking the beaches below.

A beautiful mountaintop mausoleum devoted to a Montenegrin icon can't seem to make everyone happy.

Its frescoes depict the likeness of Marshal Tito, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels burning in hell.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.