An impactful museum ensures notorious war crimes disguised as "medical experimentation" won't soon be forgotten.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.

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

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

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

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

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

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

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

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

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