Places cd81wang Wants to Go

A forgotten hiker’s lodge, now reclaimed by the forest, with its chimney standing as a lone sentinel of the past.

A Japanese colonial-era hot springs hotel that has transformed into an art museum.

A waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

This third-generation shop has been doling out bowls of tilapia soup since 1977.

Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.

The official flag of the short-lived Republic of Formosa.

The first miniatures museum in Asia contains all sorts of itsy-bitsy wonders, including the world's smallest working television.

Learn all about Taiwanese financial history from inside a former high-security vault.

These charming mailboxes became social media stars after a typhoon failed to topple them.

This crosswalk hosts one of Taipei’s most beloved public artworks.

A museum of puppets and puppetry covering all Asian styles.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

A glimpse into Taiwan's coal-mining past.

A rare Japanese-style temple and a Shinzo Abe Statue, honoring both spirits of the past and modern connections between Taiwan and Japan.

The bright-orange, crane-shaped tower offers panoramic views and showcases the city’s maritime identity.

A trilingual monument marks the site of a Korean independence activist's assassination attempt on a Japanese prince in Taiwan.

An unassuming museum offers a deep dive into everything about mushrooms, from cultivation innovations to fungi that "talk."

A once-shattered school now preserves a visible fault line, showcasing Taiwan's traumatic 1999 earthquake.

This old shop has been selling plum juice in central Taipei for over 60 years.

A Japanese-era Shinto shrine next to Taipei's most famous night market.