One of China's last communal villages wears its ideals on its sleeve.

Small Chinese fishing village impeccably maintained for visitors.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A bisected journey through evolution's history in the heart of Beijing.

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

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

9,000 years of carnal history is on display at China's original Museum of Sex.

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

China's most famous acrobatics act.

Beijing's World Park offers the excitement of international sites without the travel.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

A cliff-hanging restaurant.

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

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

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

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

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

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