Places Edited by jlin

The cascade created by Taipei’s rush-hour traffic has become one of the city’s quirkiest photo spots.

When Ghibli came to a Taiwanese village.

A statue of the global pop legend in a residential metro plaza.

A tiny airplane-shaped monument marks the story of Taiwan’s first civilian pilot and his fatal crash in 1934.

The official flag of the short-lived Republic of Formosa.

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

The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.

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

This cobblestoned medieval-style town was entirely constructed in the 1990s and 2000s.

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

A hotel in Taiwan based on the better business practices that can be gleaned from Jewish law.

A festival where people vie to be bombarded by exploding clusters of fireworks.

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

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

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

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

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

If you've ever wanted to learn about the history of Asian fish balls, this Taiwanese museum has you covered.

A plaque by the roadside describes a three-dimensional glossary of an imagined language where words are numbers and numbers are words.

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

Taiwan's only erotically-themed restaurant brings the comedy back to sex and dinner.

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

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