A chinese farmer builds robots from scrap.

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

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

Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.

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

Lifelike statue of the Chinese philosopher in the bathtub.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

Leave the wardrobes and sweets to British schoolchildren, Shanghai's got a Coke machine that leads to booze.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.