Places williamf Wants to Go

The world's largest natural arch was forgotten for over 50 years after its discovery.

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

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

Natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

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

This tunnel looks like a sliver of Shanghai that's stuck in the past.

The powerful party began with a secret meeting in this shikumen in 1921.

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

The birthplace of modern China.

The home where the first Premier of the People's Republic of China worked and lived.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.

This theme park presents 5,000 years of Shanghai history and includes a "sunken" exhibition hall.

The earliest pagoda built in the beautiful Panmen Scenic Area of Suzhou.

Two nearly identical Chinese pagodas stand side by side, along with ancient stone relics.

This bridge dates back to the 9th century and allows visitors to walk an ancient path amid modern industrial trappings.

An enormous effigy of the goddess of compassion hides within the sanctuary.

A palatial horse museum outside Shanghai is home to the most pampered horses in the world.

Unique geological formations in China, featuring some suggestive shapes.

A complex and beautiful system of rice terraces covers a million acres over the mountains.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

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