This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

Stone shrouds of Prince Liu Sheng and Princess Dou Wan of the Han Dynasty, created to preserve their flesh for eternity.

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Is there such thing as too many fruit bats? Not anymore.