You can still find your way around Suzhou with this 800-year-old stone map.

The earliest pagoda built in the beautiful Panmen Scenic Area of Suzhou.

Two nearly identical Chinese pagodas stand side by side, along with ancient stone relics.

Thanks to a bit of wordplay, seven auspicious stone cats guard this ancient canalside street.

The knock-off oil painting capital of the world.

130 replicas of world wonders squeezed into just 118 acres of space.

Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

These mountain hot springs have seen power struggles, doomed romances, and a generalissimo's attempted escape from mutiny.

A KFC honors an eighth-century Chinese poet with holograms and verse.

A collection of cafes and shops all crafted from recycled storage containers.

A golden temple atop a sacred mountain, known for its giant effigy of the revered Pu Xian.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

The world’s largest LED display, built over an F1 race circuit.

This enormous sports car themed amusement park is home to the world’s fastest roller coaster.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

No building in the world leans as far as the so-called “Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi.”

This massive piece of artwork weighs more than 250 tons, and was designed as a tribute to the first president of the United Arab Emirates.

Feed it cash, get your very own gold bar.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.