Places NixOfNowhere Wants to Go

Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.

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

First established in 741, this is one of the oldest Taoist temples in China.

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

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

A progressive LGBTQ hub offers dancing, HIV testing, art, and more.

Where better to stay the night than inside a trio of ancient Chinese deities representing "the good life."

Weighing nearly seven tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

An incredible collection of rare, well-preserved fish fossils hidden in a university campus

Thanks to the building of a life-giving reservoir, part of the Great Wall of China is now a dive site.

A chinese farmer builds robots from scrap.

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

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

Unchanged for decades, World War II-era bullet holes and nostalgic ghost signs still haunt this desolate train station.

This Metabolist, retro-futuristic residential complex resembles a cyberpunk space colony established on Earth.

An adorable intake tower with a “witch hat” stands in the Edo River.

Visitors to this park are welcomed by an ancient Japanese megalithic tomb that dates back to the sixth century.

A bizarre philosophy-themed park founded by an occult expert.

A bar dedicated to he Jojo manga franchise, with over 50 original cocktails.

Only recently added to the shrine, this googly-eyed snail demon of unknown origin is said to have eye-healing powers.

Forgotten German bunkers in China create a sharp cultural contrast.

A thriving surf community exists in relative remoteness along the former boundary between North and South Korea.