Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

A small gallery and shop dedicated to an ancient style of hand-printed textile.

Walled family complexes in Southern China.

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

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

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

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

The tiny statues form China's only known terracotta army from the Han dynasty.

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.

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

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

270 million year-old forest of stone.

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

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

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