Places rockinthespian Wants to Go

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

A wooden replica of France's famous tower.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

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

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

Unique geological formations in China, featuring some suggestive shapes.

9,000 years of carnal history is on display at China's original Museum of Sex.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

Lifelike statue of the Chinese philosopher in the bathtub.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

Eat a meal surrounded by bomb fragments.

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

A chinese farmer builds robots from scrap.

Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

A cliff-hanging restaurant.

Not one, not two, but three natural bridges remain in this captivating spot post-sinkhole.

A golden temple atop a sacred mountain, known for its giant effigy of the revered Pu Xian.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.