Places eastofborneo Wants to Go

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

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

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

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.

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

Taiwan’s iconic dish is in peak form here.

Hakka-style teahouse where everybody grinds their own tea.

This densely-packed cluster of buildings was saved from the wrecking ball and turned into an art community.

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

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

This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.

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

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

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

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