The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

A museum and memorial built amid the rubble of a town obliterated by nature.

China's monumental dinosaur museum featuring an open dig site.

The so-called "Richest Village In China" is either a model Communist town or a dystopian sham.

China's biggest e-waste village.

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

One of the world's largest malls has been almost completely empty since its opening.

The world's largest natural arch was forgotten for over 50 years after its discovery.

A Chinese mining company has created the world's first cloned village in this perfect recreation of an Austrian town.

This massive neon wheel is the only one of its kind to be built over a bridge.

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

China's beehive-shaped pyramids house the remains of a lost kingdom.

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

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

The highest monastery in the world operates a tiny guesthouse with doors open to all.

What can compare to the comforting sound of 10,000 toilets running?

China's mysterious record-setting sleeping Buddha.

The largest statue in the world towers at 420 feet high atop another 66 feet of pedestal.

No one is exactly sure why over a hundred lakes have formed amongst the tallest sand dunes on Earth.

Are these prehistoric metal pipes evidence of alien plumbers? Nope, but they are amazing nonetheless.

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

Where better to stay the night than inside a trio of ancient Chinese deities representing "the good life."

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