30 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Taiwan - Atlas Obscura

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Taichung City, Taiwan

Rainbow Family Village

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

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Wanli District, Taiwan

Wanli UFO Village

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

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Ruifang District, Taiwan

Houtong Cat Village

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

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Xinxing District, Taiwan

The Dome of Light

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

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Xiulin Township, Taiwan

Taroko Gorge

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

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Datong District, Taiwan

Modern Toilet Restaurant

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

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Xiulin Township, Taiwan

Eternal Spring Shrine

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

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New Taipei City, Taiwan

Yehliu Geopark

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

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Unique
Food & Drink
in Taiwan

Honey Toast Box

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Honey Toast Box

Many spoons are needed to demolish one of these ice cream-stuffed bread loaves.

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Taiwanese Ice Cream Burrito

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Taiwanese Ice Cream Burrito

The deceptive, sweet-and-savory snack of Taipei's night markets.

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Bao Bing

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Bao Bing

This sweet treat has been cool for more than 1,000 years.

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Grass Jelly

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Ingredients & Condiments

Grass Jelly

Once a treatment for heat stroke, the herbal gel now flavors desserts.

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Stories
About Taiwan

Fried rice in a wok.

Breaking Down the Physics of Wok Tossing

It is a subtle art and an even subtler science.

November 20, 2018

Beishan Broadcast Station, on Kinmen Island in Taiwan.

A Giant Speaker in Taiwan Is About to Switch on Again

Beishan Broadcast Station, which once blasted propaganda across the ocean, has found another purpose.

August 24, 2018

The fishermen are ready with their nets as sardines leap toward the fire.

At Sea on Taiwan's Last Fire-Fishing Boats

Generations of nocturnal fishermen have lured their catch with fire.

by Leslie Nguyen-Okwu