A Viking-themed bar in a canal town for those retreating from the hustle and bustle of Shanghai.

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

Massive fortified towers blend North American and Chinese architecture.

This Tibetan monastery has survived multiple attacks and is also a sky burial site.

The largest radio telescope in the world searches for extraterrestrial life from the remote limestone peaks of southern China.

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

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

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

Unique geological formations in China, featuring some suggestive shapes.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

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

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?