Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

The man who is mainly remembered for a chicken dish he had nothing to do with is buried under a large concrete dome.

These mountain hot springs have seen power struggles, doomed romances, and a generalissimo's attempted escape from mutiny.

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

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

Eurasia's most difficult place to hang out, and farthest point from sea access.

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

This under-visited temple is nestled within one of Shanghai's traditional shikumen-style residential blocks.

A museum and memorial built amid the rubble of a town obliterated by nature.

Thanks to a bit of wordplay, seven auspicious stone cats guard this ancient canalside street.

350-foot-high emperor faces in China's Yellow River valley.

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.

Be careful not to get trampled at this lively two thousand-year-old market.

This Cold War–era underground city includes offices for Mao Zedong and Lin Biao.

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

The knock-off oil painting capital of the world.

The world's largest ginkgo tree contains a hollow so large a man once lived in it for two years.

China's monumental dinosaur museum featuring an open dig site.

Man-made waterfall is the tallest in Mainland China.

A small gallery and shop dedicated to an ancient style of hand-printed textile.

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

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

Are these prehistoric metal pipes evidence of alien plumbers? Nope, but they are amazing nonetheless.

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