Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.

It took an artist 20 years to create this sprawling sculpture garden honoring the area's ancient inhabitants.

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

Stretching almost 2,000 feet, this painting is one of the longest pieces of Buddhist artwork in the world.

These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.

The highest monastery in the world operates a tiny guesthouse with doors open to all.

Thousands of locks professing undying devotion line the metal chains of Lotus Peak.

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

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

Described as "the world's most blinging pool."

Forgotten German bunkers in China create a sharp cultural contrast.

China's most famous acrobatics act.

A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.

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

The field of tiny caves that mark this Chinese cliffside are each their own historic Buddhist temple.

A magical work of architecture where a wind turbine enables monks to levitate.

Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.

Hidden behind musical flora and forgotten for over a thousand years, this cave is now a neon dream.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

At nearly 1,000 feet long, this astonishing glass suspension bridge is one of the longest in the world.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.

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

Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.