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

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

Step into this whimsical art installation based on a popular picture book.

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

Dine on Hakka dishes at a dreamy cottage nestled in the heart of Taipei.

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

The first miniatures museum in Asia contains all sorts of itsy-bitsy wonders, including the world's smallest working television.

This dragon-shaped sports arena is the world’s largest solar-powered stadium.

An imperial art museum offers edible versions of its most treasured displays in an on-site fine-dining restaurant.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

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

A waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.

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

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

This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.

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

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

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

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

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

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

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