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

In a park on Taiwan's rugged Eastern coast, a marker celebrates a glorious sight from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere.

A hotel in Taiwan based on the better business practices that can be gleaned from Jewish law.

Learn to make this village's specialty: volcanic mud tofu.

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

A plaque by the roadside describes a three-dimensional glossary of an imagined language where words are numbers and numbers are words.

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

If you've ever wanted to learn about the history of Asian fish balls, this Taiwanese museum has you covered.

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

Taiwan's last Chinese character letterpress preserves the dying art of Chinese character mold making.

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

Hakka-style teahouse where everybody grinds their own tea.

A waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

A small alleyway lined with locally drawn scenes of nostalgic anime and cartoon characters.

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

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

Paiwanese restaurant run by native indigenous Taiwanese singer songwriter, and home to a DIY arts-and-crafts folk garden.

A nostalgic restaurant evokes life in Taiwan from the 1940s to the 1970s.

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

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

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

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.