This oceanfront cave was the site of a 17th-century massacre.

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.

An American lighthouse stands on an island cliffside in Taiwan.

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

Hidden in a cave on a small Taiwanese island, a stalagmite reported to look like the bodhisattva Guanyin.

A memorial to the thousands of political dissidents imprisoned during the 40-year period of martial law in Taiwan.

The final resting place of the dictator of Taiwan.

A Taiwanese garden teems with the retired statues of the island's former dictator.

Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.

A Buddhist temple on an artificial island that houses a monument to the fugu fish.

Overlooked by many, this tiny sacred island in Ueno Park only opens to the public every 12 days.

An oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

The decommissioned steam engine’s whistle can still be heard three times a day at one of Japan’s oldest train stations.

A lonely chimpanzee lures you into a narrow alley leading to this hidden shrine.

You can receive a blessing for your electronics at this Shinto shrine near Akihabara.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

An antiquated aquarium housed in a converted government anti-nuclear bunker.

Just a few graves remain in this neighborhood that was once a cemetery for foreigners.

The longest skywalk in Taiwan.

Nestled between the Sicao Green Tunnel and Dazhong Temple, an antiquated exhibition hall boasts the complete skeletons of mother and child sperm whales.

The residence of a Taiwanese literary scholar sits down an alleyway adorned with depictions of snails.

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

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