Places deriverative Wants to Go

Taiwan’s iconic dish is in peak form here.

Movie buffs will love this Taiwanese director’s ode to film history.

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

An American lighthouse stands on an island cliffside in Taiwan.

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

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

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

On the roof of the oldest department store in Tainan stands a Shinto shrine dating back to the 1930s.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This unique blend of Japanese and Western architecture provides a glimpse into the lives of the Japanese elites who once ruled Taiwan.

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.

On Green Island, a rock resembling the ancient Chinese sage gazes contemplatively out at sea.

This seaside museum boasts a colorful collection of over 3,000 shells, the largest in Taiwan.

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

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

Taiwan's first stone fortress is also the best preserved Qing Dynasty-era city on the island.

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

No children ride down this antique concrete slide.

This public artwork, hidden down a cliffside hiking trail, encourages visitors to contemplate the tides.