City Shenyang An early Qing court, a manufacturing city and a home to several communities: Shenyang’s history is clearest in the spaces where people governed, worked and ate. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
City Dalian A port city where radial squares and working trams meet the contested history of Lüshun and the much older life of a rocky peninsula. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
City Benxi Underground water, forested valleys and a cliff-top city give Benxi several different measures of time. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
City Dandong A riverfront city opens onto peach-growing villages, mountain temples and the Yellow Sea’s tidal feeding grounds. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
City Anshan Steelworks, mountain temples and jade workshops give Anshan several different ways of reading a material: as an industrial product, a sacred setting or a carved object. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
City Fushun Fushun connects the ancestral landscape of the Qing in Xinbin with the household art of paper-cutting and a coal city’s tradition of jet carving. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
City Jinzhou Timber halls, cliff-carved Buddhas and a mountain deity meet a city that gathers around the barbecue grill. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
City Chaoyang A landscape of ceremonial hills, a many-layered pagoda and fossils that changed how scientists study ancient life. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
City Huludao City walls, ceremonial stone arches and a river-crossing section of the Great Wall reveal the many jobs of a frontier. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
City Panjin A delta city where reed beds, red saltmarsh plants, rice fields and an oil-industry history share the horizon. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Shenyang Shenyang Imperial Palace Three building groups preserve different stages of the early Qing court and its later life as an ancestral palace. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Shenyang Fuling Tomb Nurhaci’s tomb climbs a wooded hillside, making terrain part of its ceremonial approach. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Shenyang Zhaoling Tomb and Beiling Park Hong Taiji and Empress Xiaoduanwen’s mausoleum survives inside a much larger public park. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Shenyang Liaoning Provincial Museum Regional archaeology and a far-reaching art collection meet in a museum where provenance matters as much as appearance. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Shenyang Shenyang Allied POW Camp Site Surviving camp buildings connect Shenyang’s industrial wartime history with prisoners’ journeys across Asia. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Shenyang China Industrial Museum A former foundry in Tiexi makes industrial work visible through workshop space, machines and workers’ technical decisions. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Shenyang Zhongjie Historic commercial buildings and newly interpreted lanes sit beside contemporary retail on Shenyang’s old shopping street. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Dalian Zhongshan Square A circular urban space whose surrounding buildings reveal the institutions behind Dalian’s modern port. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Dalian Dalian Natural History Museum A seaside natural-history collection that connects whale anatomy with fossils, habitats and the practice of preserving evidence. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Dalian Lüshun Museum An early twentieth-century museum whose architecture and far-travelled collections require different kinds of historical reading. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Dalian Baiyushan A hill above Lüshun harbour where a colonial war memorial remains a conspicuous historical landmark. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Benxi Benxi Water Cave A river-filled limestone cavern where dissolving rock and accumulating dripstone tell different parts of the same story. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Benxi Wunushan Mountain City Cliffs, masonry and a reservoir reveal how a Koguryo settlement occupied a mountain above the Hunjiang. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Dandong Yalu River Broken Bridge Four surviving spans turn an interrupted crossing into a material record of the Korean War. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Dandong Hushan Great Wall A rebuilt ridge-top wall gives visible form to the eastern reaches of the Ming defensive system. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Dandong Dandong Korean War Memorial A hilltop museum connects monumental remembrance with documents and objects from wartime work. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Dandong Dalu Island Fishing, seafood and the memory of an 1894 naval battle share an island with the practical demands of coastal life. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Anshan Qianshan Named crags, pine trees and narrow rock passages make Qianshan a mountain landscape shaped by both natural forms and religious use. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Anshan Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County Xiuyan’s jade-carving tradition makes a county’s material culture visible in hollow vessels, openwork and links cut from stone. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Fushun Qing Yongling The ancestral tomb complex at Yongling shows how a ruling family’s earlier generations became part of Qing imperial ritual. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Fushun Hetu Ala City At Hetu Ala, the Later Jin capital of 1616 can be read through its site, named places and later historical interpretation. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Jinzhou Fengguo Temple A Liao-period timber hall shelters seven monumental Buddhas in Yixian. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Jinzhou Wanfotang Grottoes Northern Wei inscriptions give names and dates to a riverside field of Buddhist carving. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Jinzhou Beizhen Temple The mountain deity of Yiwulüshan received state ritual in a carefully ordered temple. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Jinzhou Yiwulüshan Forested slopes hold a sacred mountain tradition and the traces of Liao imperial landscapes. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Chaoyang Niuheliang Archaeological Site Low hills preserve the planned ceremonial spaces and jade-rich burials of late Hongshan society. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Chaoyang Chaoyang North Pagoda A thirteen-eaved brick tower contains the building history of successive cities and dynasties. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Huludao Xingcheng Old City A Ming-founded garrison city retains walls, a crossed street plan and public monuments within a living town. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Huludao · Currently reading Jiumenkou Great Wall Nine river openings show how a fortified boundary adapted to moving water. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Panjin Panjin Red Beach A living red saltmarsh, shaped by small plants, tidal channels and changing conditions. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Shenyang Zhang Family Residence Courtyard houses and imposing brick mansions show how political office and family life occupied the same compound. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Shenyang September 18 History Museum A broken calendar and a displaced wartime monument reveal different ways of recording the events of 1931. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Shenyang Xita Neighbourhood Cold noodles are one entry into a Korean-Chinese neighbourhood with its own businesses, homes and cultural institutions. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Dalian Lüshun Russo-Japanese Prison Site A preserved prison complex where spatial arrangements and individual lives illuminate colonial detention. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Dalian Laotieshan A peninsula-end migration landscape especially important for the autumn passage of raptors. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Dandong Fenghuangshan, Fengcheng Narrow rock ridges and modern walkways show different ways of making a mountain approachable. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Benxi Xiaoshi A town in Benxi Manchu Autonomous County whose name travels with a bowl of goat soup. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Dalian Taiyanggou Historic Quarter A layered district of streets, institutional buildings, residences and trees in western Lüshun. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Dalian Jinshitan National Geopark An exposed coastal succession where sedimentary history meets the continuing work of waves. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Anshan Angang Museum A former industrial workshop turns the making of steel into a story of machines, judgement and the city built around their work. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Benxi Guanmenshan Forest Facing peaks frame a valley whose maples and other trees change on different seasonal clocks. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Anshan Tanggangzi Hot Spring Tanggangzi brings together geothermal water, historic villas and a twentieth-century institution devoted to rehabilitation and convalescence. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Chaoyang Chaoyang Bird Fossil Park Preserved strata and museum interpretation introduce the region’s Early Cretaceous ecosystems. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Dalian Binhai Road A coastal public landscape used for both everyday walking and organised gatherings. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Dandong Hekou Village Peach orchards give a Yalu-side village a calendar of spring flowers, autumn fruit and work between. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
Place · Panjin Shuangtai Estuary Wetland Reed marshes, tidal flats and coastal waters at the meeting of the Liao River and Liaodong Bay. Approximate regional reference, not a surveyed entrance or navigation point. Explore this place ↗
PlaceDagushan Temple ComplexA coastal hillside gathers historic temples and newer religious buildings with distinct dates and purposes.These places do not yet have a verified representative point. Explore them through their city.Explore this place ↗
PlaceYalu Estuary WetlandAt Donggang’s tidal shore, mud holds the food needed for journeys across the East Asian–Australasian Flyway.These places do not yet have a verified representative point. Explore them through their city.Explore this place ↗
Jiumenkou: Where a Wall Must Let Water Through ↗Nine openings reveal the practical problem of maintaining a boundary across a river.