Places maimck Wants to Go

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

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

With former lives as a bomb shelter and government parking lot, this shop is one of China’s most extraordinary locales for book-lovers.

This incredible Chinese theme park may be the largest bootleg in history.

A palatial horse museum outside Shanghai is home to the most pampered horses in the world.

The Chinese have long been excellent at the art of copying, but this epic replica takes the biscuit.

9,000 years of carnal history is on display at China's original Museum of Sex.

A Viking-themed bar in a canal town for those retreating from the hustle and bustle of Shanghai.

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

The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.

China's most famous acrobatics act.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

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

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

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.

Lifelike statue of the Chinese philosopher in the bathtub.

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

Leave the wardrobes and sweets to British schoolchildren, Shanghai's got a Coke machine that leads to booze.

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