Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

On special occasions, one of the world's tallest artificial waterfalls gushes down the side of this Chinese skyscraper.

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

This tunnel looks like a sliver of Shanghai that's stuck in the past.

China has many statues of the general and war god, but none are as epic as this.

The wartime boat shelter now doubles as an underground concert hall where musicians play on rafts along the waterway.

This bar is home to what's likely the oldest living jazz band in the world.

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

The massive steel ring looks like it could be China’s first Stargate.

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

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

At 16,627 feet above sea level, this unstaffed station is the highest in the world.

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

Man-made waterfall is the tallest in Mainland China.

The so-called "Richest Village In China" is either a model Communist town or a dystopian sham.

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

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

This ancient sword lay in a waterlogged tomb for 2,500 years, but managed to remain relatively untarnished and impressively sharp.

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

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

Two ancient Buddhist temples crown this dramatic rocky pinnacle.

The ancient remains of this natural fortress can still be found along the Silk Road looking surprisingly preserved.

A chinese farmer builds robots from scrap.

China's beehive-shaped pyramids house the remains of a lost kingdom.

This Tibetan monastery has survived multiple attacks and is also a sky burial site.