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

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

These excavated burials from the Tarim Basin are wrapped in mystery.

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

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

This temple located on a vertical drop of a rocky mountain houses relics from the Song Dynasty.

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

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

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

A Chinese mining company has created the world's first cloned village in this perfect recreation of an Austrian town.

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

This ancient sword lay in a waterlogged tomb for 2,500 years, but managed to remain relatively untarnished and impressively sharp.

This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.

The ancient remains of this natural fortress can still be found along the Silk Road looking surprisingly preserved.

No one is exactly sure why over a hundred lakes have formed amongst the tallest sand dunes on Earth.

This quiet area of Yunnan Province annually transforms into an unbelievable sea of yellow flowers.

An impactful museum ensures notorious war crimes disguised as "medical experimentation" won't soon be forgotten.

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

This Tibetan monastery has survived multiple attacks and is also a sky burial site.

Unique geological formations in China, featuring some suggestive shapes.

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

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

The field of tiny caves that mark this Chinese cliffside are each their own historic Buddhist temple.

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