Places litag Wants to Go

Movie buffs will love this Taiwanese director’s ode to film history.

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

A giant sequoia tree slice that traveled across oceans and lived through wars

The last of Tokyo Disneyland’s whimsical mechanical clocks can be found in Taipei

This crosswalk hosts one of Taipei’s most beloved public artworks.

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

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

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

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

Behind a 300-year-old temple hides a small tomb said to house the bones of 17th-century Dutch soldiers.

A small museum dedicated to one of the most popular fish in Taiwanese cuisine.

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

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

On the roof of the oldest department store in Tainan stands a Shinto shrine dating back to the 1930s.

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

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

This public artwork, hidden down a cliffside hiking trail, encourages visitors to contemplate the tides.

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

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

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

High rises built to house displaced military personnel and their families form a unique cylindrical shape.

A 100-year-old Japanese command center is now a unique underground university walkway with periodic exhibits.

A thriving community of Taiwanese art.

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