Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

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

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

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

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

A thriving community of Taiwanese art.

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

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 monument to placate the spirits of an ancient forest.

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

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

A once-shattered school now preserves a visible fault line, showcasing Taiwan's traumatic 1999 earthquake.

Sitting in a quiet field just west of Cardiff is a well-preserved megalithic burial chamber, topped with a 40-ton capstone

The world's oldest continuously operating record shop has been in Cardiff since 1894.

This Cardiff Bay landmark traces its history back to when Norwegian ships transported coal from Wales.

This castle tower in Wales leans at a steeper angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Surgeon, scholar, activist, eccentric. This statue remembers a curious figure in Wales’ history.

No one knows why this round stone structure was built on a hilltop in Wales.

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

One of the world’s oldest surviving convict prisons, once the scene of daring escapes and riots.

An abandoned marine theme park has created a difficult experiment in dolphin rewilding.

One of the few places in the world home to living stromatolites.

Created as a coal reserve, it is today a natural park with stunning wildflowers, ancient marine fossils, and remnants of a 19th century mine.

A poignant site that pays tribute to lives lost at sea.