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

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

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

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

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

During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.

Vintage furniture and art share space with all manner of collectibles at this quirky shop in Bangkok.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.

Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

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.

China's most famous acrobatics act.

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

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