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

A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.

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

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

Hidden behind musical flora and forgotten for over a thousand years, this cave is now a neon dream.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

Massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

A natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

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.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."