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

Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.

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

A thriving community of Taiwanese art.

This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.

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.

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

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

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

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

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

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

A remote lodge nestled among some of the world's best-preserved rainforests.

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

Avenue of trees planted by cosmonauts before their space departures.

An entertainment center in a huge transparent tent.

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

The only restaurant serving indigenous foods from the Amazon.

Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.