A shrine to the missionary who first brought Islam to China.

A tidal bore with its own festival.

Large rock high in the mountains of Yunnan that is naturally shaped like a chair, complete with arms.

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

The world's tallest circular building is loaded with symbolism, but many just see a big donut.

The world's largest ginkgo tree contains a hollow so large a man once lived in it for two years.

A small gallery and shop dedicated to an ancient style of hand-printed textile.

The so-called "Richest Village In China" is either a model Communist town or a dystopian sham.

A Chinese mining company has created the world's first cloned village in this perfect recreation of an Austrian town.

Hundreds of caves filled with thousands of centuries-old statues and murals.

Thanks to the building of a life-giving reservoir, part of the Great Wall of China is now a dive site.

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

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

The tiny statues form China's only known terracotta army from the Han dynasty.

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

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.