A KFC honors an eighth-century Chinese poet with holograms and verse.

This aquarium has almost as many world records as it does fish.

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

Stone shrouds of Prince Liu Sheng and Princess Dou Wan of the Han Dynasty, created to preserve their flesh for eternity.

Rainbow-hued in the summer and crystalline in the winter, this salty lake has inspired battles, temples, and plenty of awe.

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

A chinese farmer builds robots from scrap.

This quiet area of Yunnan Province annually transforms into an unbelievable sea of yellow flowers.

North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.

Stretching almost 2,000 feet, this painting is one of the longest pieces of Buddhist artwork in the world.

A studio devoted to keeping hundreds of unique Chinese arts alive.

Described as "the world's most blinging pool."

China's most famous acrobatics act.

A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.

This terrifying glass bridge on the side of a mountain cracks as you step on it.

Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.

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

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

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

A complex and beautiful system of rice terraces covers a million acres over the mountains.

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

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

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.