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

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

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

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

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.

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

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

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

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

Beijing's World Park offers the excitement of international sites without the travel.

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

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

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

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

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

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

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

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

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

China's most famous acrobatics act.

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

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