Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall

This guide to the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall traces a former 1903 railway terminus near Tiananmen Square, turned into a museum about the city's past and future. You'll hear about the ten-ton bronze relief upstairs, hand-carved with the vanished alleys and hutongs of 1949 Beijing, and about the choice to keep the old station rather than tear it down. It follows the building up one more floor, into a miniature city model built at a tiny scale. Look for landmarks like the Forbidden City from the glass walkway.