Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

Lifelike statue of the Chinese philosopher in the bathtub.

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.

A quiet ode to Communist China's propaganda machine, including a newspaper edited by Mao Zedong's own hand.

This film studio and amusement park is considered one of the greatest filming locations in China.

The family compound and final resting place for the philosopher, Confucius, and over 100,000 of his descendants.

These picturesque structures speckle the hill above the monastery.

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

With former lives as a bomb shelter and government parking lot, this shop is one of China’s most extraordinary locales for book-lovers.

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

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.

China's biggest e-waste village.

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

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

In its continuing quest to recreate famous parts of the world in miniature, China now has its own ghost Paris.

A fantastic assortment of China's finest and most disturbing wares.

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

130 replicas of world wonders squeezed into just 118 acres of space.

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

Rainbow-hued in the summer and crystalline in the winter, this salty lake has inspired battles, temples, and plenty of awe.