Places marasta215 Wants to Go

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

The birthplace of modern China.

Once an imperial lake garden, anyone can now visit this city park.

A museum at a Chinese university is the first of its kind in the country.

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

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

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

These picturesque structures speckle the hill above the monastery.

This bridge dates back to the 9th century and allows visitors to walk an ancient path amid modern industrial trappings.

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

Small Chinese fishing village impeccably maintained for visitors.

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

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

An enormous effigy of the goddess of compassion hides within the sanctuary.

Forgotten for decades, the first medical school built in Communist China is full of surprises today.

A collection of cafes and shops all crafted from recycled storage containers.

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

The highest bridge in the world rises a dizzying 1,854 feet above the river.

A museum and memorial built amid the rubble of a town obliterated by nature.

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

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

This temple located on a vertical drop of a rocky mountain houses relics from the Song Dynasty.

Two nearly identical Chinese pagodas stand side by side, along with ancient stone relics.