Alishan, Taiwan
Pagoda of the Tree Spirit
A monument to placate the spirits of an ancient forest.
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Alishan, Taiwan
A monument to placate the spirits of an ancient forest.
Fuli Township, Taiwan
Learn to make this village's specialty: volcanic mud tofu.
Changhua City, Taiwan
The longest skywalk in Taiwan.
Jincheng, Taiwan
The wartime boat shelter now doubles as an underground concert hall where musicians play on rafts along the waterway.
Tainan City, Taiwan
Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.
Yuchi Township, Taiwan
This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.
Tainan City, Taiwan
The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.
Zhubei City, Taiwan
A nostalgic restaurant evokes life in Taiwan from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.
Xiulin Township, Taiwan
A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.
Xiulin Township, Taiwan
An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.
Taichung City, Taiwan
Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.
Lakeside Marblehead, Ohio
This Ohio cemetery is home to the remains of many Confederate officers and soldiers who were once held nearby as prisoners of war.
Cohasset, Massachusetts
New England's "Witches of Eastwick" locations, in all of their quaint white churched glory.
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.
Marblehead, Massachusetts
This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.
Norwich, Connecticut
Abandoned 37.5' diameter rusted metal sphere sitting in the woods.
Groton, Connecticut
The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.
Jamesville, New York
Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.
Sodus, New York
A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.
Camillus, New York
The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.
Ithaca, New York
In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Supplies are schlepped up by llamas at this century-old inn, accessible only by hiking trails in the Great Smokies.