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

Hakka-style teahouse where everybody grinds their own tea.

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

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

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

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.

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

A Buddhist temple covered in intricate designs and carvings made out of seashells and pieces of coral.

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

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.

This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

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

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

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.