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A Japanese colonial-era hot springs hotel that has transformed into an art museum.

Diners have been slurping 'fool's noodles' at this shop for more than 70 years.

You can still see the remains of a sacred 3,000-year-old cypress.

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.

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

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.

Eat green onion ice cream and other allium-centric treats at this unusual museum.

A Japanese-era military tunnel is now a psychedelic art exhibit.

A museum about rituals, ghosts, and demons from around Asia, set in the middle of the peaceful Jiufen.

The ruins of a prehistoric village hide on a remote Taiwanese island.

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

A thriving community of Taiwanese art.

Dine on Hakka dishes at a dreamy cottage nestled in the heart of Taipei.

A monument to placate the spirits of an ancient forest.

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

This kitschy, kinky homage to Taipei’s old “grandpa shops” is full of eye-candy.

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

The longest skywalk in Taiwan.

The wartime boat shelter now doubles as an underground concert hall where musicians play on rafts along the waterway.

A waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

This former factory turned private museum contains surreal and creepy artwork created by Robert Y.

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

This densely-packed cluster of buildings was saved from the wrecking ball and turned into an art community.