Places akiraa1 Wants to Go

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

A secret passageway from World War II is now a quirky pedestrian shortcut.

Taiwan's last Chinese character letterpress preserves the dying art of Chinese character mold making.

Paiwanese restaurant run by native indigenous Taiwanese singer songwriter, and home to a DIY arts-and-crafts folk garden.

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.

This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.

The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

A Buddhist temple covered in intricate designs and carvings made out of seashells and pieces of coral.

A nostalgic restaurant evokes life in Taiwan from the 1940s to the 1970s.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

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

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

The first inhabitants of this remote town faced a grisly death.

Off a back road near Waterville Valley, one can find a castle turret built by an eccentric reverend over 100 years ago.

One of the two USPS mailboats left in service docks regularly at Weirs Beach, Bear Island, and other Lake Winnipesaukee islands to deliver their mail.

This open-air spiritual sanctuary offers stunning views of Mt. Monadnock and provides a natural and peaceful environment for worship and meditation.

This cabin survived a landslide that killed its owners.