Places kcapon3 Wants to Go

This oceanfront cave was the site of a 17th-century massacre.

A century-old monument to commemorate a crowd-funded public cemetery.

A Japanese-era Shinto shrine next to Taipei's most famous night market.

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

A forgotten hiker’s lodge, now reclaimed by the forest, with its chimney standing as a lone sentinel of the past.

A rock, a temple, and a window into Taiwan’s rich cultural mythology—wrapped in a serene city escape.

On Green Island, a rock resembling the ancient Chinese sage gazes contemplatively out at sea.

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

A glimpse into Taiwan's coal-mining past.

An unassuming museum offers a deep dive into everything about mushrooms, from cultivation innovations to fungi that "talk."

A Taiwanese garden teems with the retired statues of the island's former dictator.

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

Enter this dragon-shaped temple to see animatronic scenes depicting heaven and hell.

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

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

Visit Taiwan’s badlands, which allows visitors to feel like they’re walking on the moon.

A Japanese colonial-era hot springs hotel that has transformed into an art museum.

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

The ruins of a prehistoric village hide on a remote Taiwanese island.

A museum about rituals, ghosts, and demons from around Asia, set in the middle of the peaceful Jiufen.

A thriving community of Taiwanese art.

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

This former military installation was turned into a discipline center by the Taiwanese Navy.

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