A replica of Australia's Sydney Opera House, one of the attractions at Window of the World theme park in Shenzhen, China. The 118-acre park features replicas of about 130 of the world's most famous landmarks squeezed into one location. (Luke Casey)

In 2013, a British luxury website made the news when it offered what may have been the world's most expensive trip—a $1.5 million vacation package to visit all World Heritage sites (1,007 as of 2014), including the Great Pyramids in Egypt and the Taj Mahalin India, in two years. Don't have that much money or time? China has found a way to cut down the costs and time of traveling around the world with a bizarre theme park that allows visitors to see 130 famous landmarks in one day.

The Window of the World theme park in Shenzhen, China squeezes replicas of some of the world's most popular tourist destinations (the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Sydney Opera House, for example) in 118 acres. The replicas are all in proximity to each other: Brazil's Christ the Redeemer Statue towers over the New York City skyline, and the Eiffel Tower looms over Venice.

Hong Kong-based British photographer Luke Casey visited the park in summer 2013 and captured fascinating images of the attractions. "I have never been to a replica park and was intrigued to see how China made sense of the rest of the world's must-see sites," Casey told weather.com. "It was very interesting to make comparisons between the genuine and replica sites, the main differences being that there were much less people at the Shenzhen park as well as the scale difference."

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Built in themid 90s, the park offered Chinese citizens the opportunity to see the world's landmarks at a time when travel was difficult. But over time, the replicas may not have been as well-preserved as their genuine counterparts. Casey found many of the structures neglected, with paint chipping and some rides out of service. But that doesn't stop Chinese tourists from flocking to the park for a chance to take photos of the famous landmarks. Especially since some actually look pretty realistic, according to Casey.

"The [replicas of the] Egyptian pyramids were impressive because they had scaled it to appear in photos rather large when in reality it was much smaller than the real thing," said Casey. "You might be convinced it was the real deal when you saw it in a photo. Venice was also amazing. I've been to Venice and every time it has seemed hard to connect with the beauty due to how overrun it is by tourists. This Venice was silent, empty, slightly eerie and I was the only European."

Sometimes known as the "capital of counterfeits," Shenzhen seems to be a fitting location for the theme park. "It was quite ironic to me that the theme park seemed to embody this counterfeit culture by reproducing fake versions of famous world sites," said Casey.

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The photographer notes, however, that many of the souvenirs sold in the actual tourist destinations—snow globes, Eiffel Tower miniatures, Big Ben purses—are made in Shenzhen. "You might argue that buying them in Shenzhen is somehow more of an authentic experience than getting them at their destined countries," he said.

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