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Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

A temple featuring a giant Tudigong statue, quirky roadside dinosaurs, and stunning Taipei panoramas.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A former reservoir that was only recently discovered after more than 60 years of disuse.

A family of distorted sculptures stands outside Seoul's former imperial palace.

Though it is hundreds of years old, the intricate details on this 23-foot rock carving of Buddha have been preserved.

Home to the largest artificial lake in Asia.

The largest cluster of the Joseon dynasty’s royal tombs, home to the burial sites of 17 kings and queens.

This grand temple complex from the Old Silla era of Korea is home to a stone pagoda that was build in the 7th century.

This cemetery is dedicated to the people who died fighting for democracy in South Korea.

Visiting this grotto is symbolic of a spiritual journey into Nirvana.

The largest and oldest brick pagoda in Korea.

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

This hiking trail features an aging but endearing collection of folk miniatures depicting Taiwan’s landmarks.

At a museum dedicated to the millenia-old rites and art of Buddhism, the Buddha's reputed tooth is held as an object of worship.

This school was constructed in memory of Korean Confucian scholar Yi Hwang.

An unusual pagoda design in in the northwestern part of Hwaeomsa Temple.