Places akiraa1 Wants to Go

A museum of puppets and puppetry covering all Asian styles.

Visit Taiwan’s badlands, which allows visitors to feel like they’re walking on the moon.

The first Confucian temple in Taiwan, founded by the son of a pirate lord, doubled as the island's first state-sponsored school.

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

Housed in a Japanese colonial-era bank, this cafe pours next-level cold brew.

This hiking trail features an aging but endearing collection of folk miniatures depicting Taiwan’s landmarks.

High rises built to house displaced military personnel and their families form a unique cylindrical shape.

This hike brings visitors closer to Taipei 101, once the world’s tallest building, than any other trail.

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

Try Taiwan's iconic Apple Bread—which traditionally contains no apples—at the bakery that invented it.

You can still see the remains of a sacred 3,000-year-old cypress.

Diners have been slurping 'fool's noodles' at this shop for more than 70 years.

Down-home Arkansas comfort food comes with a side of American pop culture kitsch.

A 100-year-old Japanese command center is now a unique underground university walkway with periodic exhibits.

In a park on Taiwan's rugged Eastern coast, a marker celebrates a glorious sight from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere.

Step into this whimsical art installation based on a popular picture book.

A hotel in Taiwan based on the better business practices that can be gleaned from Jewish law.

Eat green onion ice cream and other allium-centric treats at this unusual museum.

At a museum dedicated to the millenia-old rites and art of Buddhism, the Buddha's reputed tooth is held as an object of worship.

A Japanese-era military tunnel is now a psychedelic art exhibit.

A plaque by the roadside describes a three-dimensional glossary of an imagined language where words are numbers and numbers are words.

A museum about rituals, ghosts, and demons from around Asia, set in the middle of the peaceful Jiufen.

The ruins of a prehistoric village hide on a remote Taiwanese island.

A small museum dedicated to one of the most popular fish in Taiwanese cuisine.