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

The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.

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

A progressive LGBTQ hub offers dancing, HIV testing, art, and more.

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

This highest bridge in the world spans such a great chasm that it had to be established using rockets.

Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.

This working replica of the 'Friends' coffee shop is more accurate to the show than the set itself.

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

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

This Communist-era residential block is one of the longest residential building in Europe.

The world’s narrowest house makes for an awkward, four-foot-wide living space.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

No need to strap in for a "ride" on this walkable roller coaster.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.