Nestled between the Sicao Green Tunnel and Dazhong Temple, an antiquated exhibition hall boasts the complete skeletons of mother and child sperm whales.

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

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

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

Try Taiwan's iconic Apple Bread—which traditionally contains no apples—at the bakery that invented it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A trilingual monument marks the site of a Korean independence activist's assassination attempt on a Japanese prince in Taiwan.

This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.

A small sculpture that pays homage to the famous bronze ear of Ca de l'Oreggia—or does it?

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.