A larger-than-life monument to the inventor of the Bunsen burner.

While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.

The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.

This 15th century pharmacy displays a beautiful collection of ancient medicine jars.

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

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

This statue of a medical missionary is sometimes used to gauge flood levels during typhoons.

Metal horses galloping through a London fountain provide a link to the city's past.

A waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

You can still see the remains of a sacred 3,000-year-old cypress.

A thriving community of Taiwanese art.

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

The residence of a Taiwanese literary scholar sits down an alleyway adorned with depictions of snails.

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

A monument to placate the spirits of an ancient forest.

This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.

This lopsided, earthquake-damaged temple stands as a testament to Taiwan’s resilience.

You can hear Buddhist prayers in this elevated sea cave once used by monks.

These two 90-year-old statues were once part of a Japanese Shinto shrine.

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.

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

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