A golden temple atop a sacred mountain, known for its giant effigy of the revered Pu Xian.

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

The largest traditional Chinese medicine market in the world sells ingredients that may make you squirm.

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

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

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

One of the word's deepest gorges is also tied to a fantastic legend.

In its continuing quest to recreate famous parts of the world in miniature, China now has its own ghost Paris.

A Chinese mining company has created the world's first cloned village in this perfect recreation of an Austrian town.

It seems that the residents of of this megalopolis suddenly vanished, but they were never actually there.

This theme park presents 5,000 years of Shanghai history and includes a "sunken" exhibition hall.

A spectacular annual festival centers around humans throwing molten iron against a wall at night.

This quiet area of Yunnan Province annually transforms into an unbelievable sea of yellow flowers.

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

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

Hundreds of large Russian nesting dolls decorate this square, and the largest is a functioning hotel.

This highest bridge in the world spans such a great chasm that it had to be established using rockets.

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

Walled family complexes in Southern China.

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

This film studio and amusement park is considered one of the greatest filming locations in China.

This top secret Chinese military megaproject is the world’s largest human-made tunnel structure.

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

This aquarium has almost as many world records as it does fish.