Places mic4559 Wants to Go

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.

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

The burial grounds of a Chinese eunuch who served his way into the highest levels of Imperial government.

A chinese farmer builds robots from scrap.

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

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

A bisected journey through evolution's history in the heart of Beijing.

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

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

Beijing's World Park offers the excitement of international sites without the travel.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

This working replica of the 'Friends' coffee shop is more accurate to the show than the set itself.

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.